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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'Against Dryness: a polemical sketch' and 'On the Concept of Number'

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

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Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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Hilbert said (to block paradoxes) that mathematical existence is entailed by consistency [Hilbert, by Potter]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

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Man is a brave naked will, separate from a background of values and realities [Murdoch]