Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Henri Poincar and Peter Alexander
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
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One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite
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Poincaré rejected the actual infinite, claiming definitions gave apparent infinity to finite objects [Poincaré, by Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
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Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism
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Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré]
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