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All the ideas for 'The Intrinsic Quality of Experience', 'Isolation and Non-arbitrary Division' and 'Reals by Abstraction'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers
10632 The real numbers may be introduced by abstraction as ratios of quantities [Hale, by Hale/Wright]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units
17435 Objects do not naturally form countable units [Koslicki]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
17433 We can still count squares, even if they overlap [Koslicki]
17439 There is no deep reason why we count carrots but not asparagus [Koslicki]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts
17434 We struggle to count branches and waves because our concepts lack clear boundaries [Koslicki]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
17436 We talk of snow as what stays the same, when it is a heap or drift or expanse [Koslicki]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality
8130 Qualities of experience are just representational aspects of experience ('Representationalism') [Harman, by Burge]