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All the ideas for 'Reply to Fourth Objections', 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine' and 'Structuralism Reconsidered'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers
8923 Numbers are identified by their main properties and relations, involving the successor function [MacBride]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique
8926 For mathematical objects to be positions, positions themselves must exist first [MacBride]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 6. Conceptual Dualism
3643 The concept of mind excludes body, and vice versa [Descartes]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
18883 Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]
18884 Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]