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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'Science and Method' and 'System of Logic'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

10245

One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

9801	Numbers must be assumed to have identical units, as horses are equalised in 'horse-power' [Mill]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts

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Counting 'coin in this box' may have coin as the unit, with 'in this box' merely as the scope [Ayers]

17516

If counting needs a sortal, what of things which fall under two sortals? [Ayers]