13 ideas
9967 | 'Impure' sets have a concrete member, while 'pure' (abstract) sets do not [Jubien] |
18189 | ZFC could contain a contradiction, and it can never prove its own consistency [MacLane] |
9968 | A model is 'fundamental' if it contains only concrete entities [Jubien] |
9965 | There couldn't just be one number, such as 17 [Jubien] |
9966 | The subject-matter of (pure) mathematics is abstract structure [Jubien] |
9963 | If we all intuited mathematical objects, platonism would be agreed [Jubien] |
9962 | How can pure abstract entities give models to serve as interpretations? [Jubien] |
9964 | Since mathematical objects are essentially relational, they can't be picked out on their own [Jubien] |
15797 | All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer] |
9969 | The empty set is the purest abstract object [Jubien] |
15800 | All events and objects are dispositional, and hence all structural properties are dispositional [Fetzer] |
15798 | Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer] |
15799 | Lawlike sentences are general attributions of disposition to all members of some class [Fetzer] |