12 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
4988 | Folk psychology may not be reducible, but that doesn't make it false [Kirk,R on Churchland,PM] |
4987 | Eliminative materialism says folk psychology will be replaced, not reduced [Churchland,PM] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |