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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Realism in Mathematics' and 'Letters to Bentley'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

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We can talk of 'innumerable number', about the infinite points on a line [Newton]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Not all infinites are equal [Newton]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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A natural number is a property of sets [Maddy, by Oliver]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 2. Intuition of Mathematics

8756	Intuition doesn't support much mathematics, and we should question its reliability [Maddy, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism

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We know mind-independent mathematical truths through sets, which rest on experience [Maddy, by Jenkins]