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All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Frege on Apriority' and 'Phil of Mathematics: why nothing works'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]
You can't simply convert geometry into algebra, as some spatial content is lost [Burge]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism
How can you contemplate Platonic entities without causal transactions with them? [Putnam]