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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Response to Slote' and 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers
17611 We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts
10572 A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic
17612 Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits
18087 If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
19216 Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
7101 Virtue theory needs an external standard to judge behaviour and character [Inwagen, by Statman]