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All the ideas for 'Realism in Mathematics', 'Two Chief World Systems' and 'works'

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

8755	Maddy replaces pure sets with just objects and perceived sets of objects [Maddy, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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A natural number is a property of sets [Maddy, by Oliver]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 2. Intuition of Mathematics

8756	Intuition doesn't support much mathematics, and we should question its reliability [Maddy, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism

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We know mind-independent mathematical truths through sets, which rest on experience [Maddy, by Jenkins]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

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Sartre gradually realised that freedom is curtailed by the weight of situation [Sartre, by Daigle]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / b. Laws of motion

19673

Galileo mathematised movement, and revealed its invariable component - acceleration [Galileo, by Meillassoux]