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Ideas for 'Defending the Axioms', 'The Iliad' and 'On the Infinite'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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The connection of arithmetic to perception has been idealised away in modern infinitary mathematics [Maddy]

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

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The subject matter of mathematics is immediate and clear concrete symbols [Hilbert]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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Mathematics divides in two: meaningful finitary statements, and empty idealised statements [Hilbert]