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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
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Is mathematics based on sets, types, categories, models or topology? [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory
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Most mathematical theories can be translated into the language of set theory [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
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The number 8 in isolation from the other numbers is of no interest [Friend]
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In structuralism the number 8 is not quite the same in different structures, only equivalent [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / b. Varieties of structuralism
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Are structures 'ante rem' (before reality), or are they 'in re' (grounded in physics)? [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / c. Nominalist structuralism
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Structuralist says maths concerns concepts about base objects, not base objects themselves [Friend]
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Structuralism focuses on relations, predicates and functions, with objects being inessential [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / d. Platonist structuralism
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'In re' structuralism says that the process of abstraction is pattern-spotting [Friend]
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