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All the ideas for 'Explanation: the state of play', 'Elements of Intuitionism' and 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / c. Potential infinite
15938 Platonists ruin infinity, which is precisely a growing structure which is never completed [Dummett]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
15939 For intuitionists it is constructed proofs (which take time) which make statements true [Dummett]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
19489 For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]
19490 Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]
19491 'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
12314 Audience-relative explanation, or metaphysical explanation based on information? [Stanford]
12313 Explanation is for curiosity, control, understanding, to make meaningful, or to give authority [Stanford]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
12315 We can explain by showing constitution, as well as showing causes [Stanford]