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Ideas for 'Consciousness', 'Summa totius logicae' and 'Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Numbers are just names devised for counting [Peirce]

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

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That two two-eyed people must have four eyes is a statement about numbers, not a fact [Peirce]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 5. Numbers as Adjectival

9113	Just as unity is not a property of a single thing, so numbers are not properties of many things [William of Ockham]