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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

15941

For intuitionists excluded middle is an outdated historical convention [Brouwer]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / h. Reals from Cauchy

18247

Brouwer saw reals as potential, not actual, and produced by a rule, or a choice [Brouwer, by Shapiro]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination

6901	Understanding is needed for imagination, just as much as the other way around [Betteridge]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]