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'Defending the Axioms', 'Completeness of Axioms of Logic' and 'Mathematics, Science and Language'
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics
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Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / g. Continuum Hypothesis
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Every infinite set of reals is either countable or of the same size as the full set of reals [Maddy]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory
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Set-theory tracks the contours of mathematical depth and fruitfulness [Maddy]
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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]
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