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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Frege philosophy of mathematics' and 'Contextualism Contested'
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / b. Types of number
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A prime number is one which is measured by a unit alone [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers
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Addition of quantities is prior to ordering, as shown in cyclic domains like angles [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units
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A number is a multitude composed of units [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / e. Counting by correlation
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We understand 'there are as many nuts as apples' as easily by pairing them as by counting them [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique
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Numbers aren't fixed by position in a structure; it won't tell you whether to start with 0 or 1 [Dummett]
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The identity of a number may be fixed by something outside structure - by counting [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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Set theory isn't part of logic, and why reduce to something more complex? [Dummett]
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