6 ideas
| 8698 | Modal structuralism says mathematics studies possible structures, which may or may not be actualised [Hellman, by Friend] |
| 9557 | Statements of pure mathematics are elliptical for a sort of modal conditional [Hellman, by Chihara] |
| 10263 | Modal structuralism can only judge possibility by 'possible' models [Shapiro on Hellman] |
| 22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
| 23215 | Even the poorest have a life to lead, and so should consent to who governs them [-] |
| 20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |