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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Philosophy of Mathematics' and 'Magna Carta'
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism
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We distinguish realism 'in ontology' (for objects), and 'in truth-value' (for being either true or false) [Shapiro]
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If mathematical objects are accepted, then a number of standard principles will follow [Shapiro]
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Platonists claim we can state the essence of a number without reference to the others [Shapiro]
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Platonism must accept that the Peano Axioms could all be false [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 2. Intuition of Mathematics
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Intuition is an outright hindrance to five-dimensional geometry [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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A stone is a position in some pattern, and can be viewed as an object, or as a location [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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Logicism seems to be a non-starter if (as is widely held) logic has no ontology of its own [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism
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Term Formalism says mathematics is just about symbols - but real numbers have no names [Shapiro]
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Game Formalism is just a matter of rules, like chess - but then why is it useful in science? [Shapiro]
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Deductivism says mathematics is logical consequences of uninterpreted axioms [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
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Can the ideal constructor also destroy objects? [Shapiro]
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Presumably nothing can block a possible dynamic operation? [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism
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Critics resent the way intuitionism cripples mathematics, but it allows new important distinctions [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / c. Conceptualism
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Conceptualist are just realists or idealist or nominalists, depending on their view of concepts [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism
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'Impredicative' definitions refer to the thing being described [Shapiro]
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