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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / b. Types of number
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Dedekind cuts lead to the bizarre idea that there are many different number 1's [Fine,K]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts
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Why should a Dedekind cut correspond to a number? [Fine,K]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / l. Zero
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Unless we know whether 0 is identical with the null set, we create confusions [Fine,K]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / b. Mathematics is not set theory
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Set-theoretic imperialists think sets can represent every mathematical object [Fine,K]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
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Structuralism is now common, studying relations, with no regard for what the objects might be [Hellman]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / c. Nominalist structuralism
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Maybe mathematical objects only have structural roles, and no intrinsic nature [Hellman]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism
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Logicists say mathematics can be derived from definitions, and can be known that way [Fine,K]
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