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Ideas for '', 'On Concept and Object' and 'Must We Believe in Set Theory?'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

10491

Infinite natural numbers is as obvious as infinite sentences in English [Boolos]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / f. Uncountable infinities

10483

Mathematics and science do not require very high orders of infinity [Boolos]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers

9949	There is the concept, the object falling under it, and the extension (a set, which is also an object) [Frege, by George/Velleman]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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Mathematics isn't surprising, given that we experience many objects as abstract [Boolos]