5 ideas
13418 | The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C] |
13419 | If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C] |
13417 | If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C] |
12710 | As well as extension, bodies contain powers [Leibniz] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |