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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'Foundations of Geometry' and 'Steps Towards a Constructive Nominalism'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
13472 Hilbert aimed to eliminate number from geometry [Hilbert, by Hart,WD]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
17447 Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry
9546 Euclid axioms concerns possibilities of construction, but Hilbert's assert the existence of objects [Hilbert, by Chihara]
18742 Hilbert's formalisation revealed implicit congruence axioms in Euclid [Hilbert, by Horsten/Pettigrew]
18217 Hilbert's geometry is interesting because it captures Euclid without using real numbers [Hilbert, by Field,H]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
17619 We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine]