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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'A Universe from Nothing' and 'The Foundations of Mathematics'

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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]

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

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Formalists neglect content, but the logicists have focused on generalizations, and neglected form [Ramsey]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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Formalism is hopeless, because it focuses on propositions and ignores concepts [Ramsey]