Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Eubulides, Ian Rumfitt and J. Alberto Coffa

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

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Maybe an ordinal is a property of isomorphic well-ordered sets, and not itself a set [Rumfitt]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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A single object must not be counted twice, which needs knowledge of distinctness (negative identity) [Rumfitt]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Infinitesimals do not stand in a determinate order relation to zero [Rumfitt]