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Ideas for Eubulides, John Kekes and Thomas Hofweber

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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Why is arithmetic hard to learn, but then becomes easy? [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

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Arithmetic is not about a domain of entities, as the quantifiers are purely inferential [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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Arithmetic doesn’t simply depend on objects, since it is true of fictional objects [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 5. Numbers as Adjectival

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We might eliminate adjectival numbers by analysing them into blocks of quantifiers [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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Logicism makes sense of our ability to know arithmetic just by thought [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

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Neo-Fregeans are dazzled by a technical result, and ignore practicalities [Hofweber]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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First-order logic captures the inferential relations of numbers, but not the semantics [Hofweber]