5 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] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
9567 | Maths deals with quantities of physical significance, ignoring irrelevant features [Geroch] |