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All the ideas for 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics', 'Summa Contra Gentiles' and 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
22115 Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 8. Theories in Logic
17807 To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
17806 It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
17808 Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics
8714 Fictionalists say 2+2=4 is true in the way that 'Oliver Twist lived in London' is true [Field,H]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 4. Occasionalism
20700 Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism
15202 Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas]