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'Through the Looking Glass', 'Philosophy of Mathematics' and 'The Enneads'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Can we discover whether a deck is fifty-two cards, or a person is time-slices or molecules? [Shapiro]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Being is the product of pure intellect [Plotinus]
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The One does not exist, but is the source of all existence [Plotinus]
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The One is a principle which transcends Being [Plotinus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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Number determines individual being [Plotinus]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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The abstract/concrete boundary now seems blurred, and would need a defence [Shapiro]
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Mathematicians regard arithmetic as concrete, and group theory as abstract [Shapiro]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
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Fictionalism eschews the abstract, but it still needs the possible (without model theory) [Shapiro]
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Structuralism blurs the distinction between mathematical and ordinary objects [Shapiro]
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