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Ideas for 'Philosophy of Mathematics', 'Potentiality' and 'Evidence'

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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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The world is either a whole made of its parts, or a container which contains its parts [Vetter]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding

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Grounding can be between objects ('relational'), or between sentences ('operational') [Vetter]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

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The Humean supervenience base entirely excludes modality [Vetter]

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]

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]