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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Conceptual truth and metaphysical necessity' and 'Briefings on Existence'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

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There is no single unified definition of number [Badiou]

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Numbers are for measuring and for calculating (and the two must be consistent) [Badiou]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / b. Types of number

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Each type of number has its own characteristic procedure of introduction [Badiou]

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Must we accept numbers as existing when they no longer consist of units? [Badiou]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / g. Continuum Hypothesis

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The undecidability of the Continuum Hypothesis may have ruined or fragmented set theory [Badiou]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

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There are at least eleven types of large cardinal, of increasing logical strength [Koellner]