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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics' and 'On the Infinite'

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

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One is, so numbers exist, so endless numbers exist, and each one must partake of being [Plato]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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The subject matter of mathematics is immediate and clear concrete symbols [Hilbert]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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Mathematics divides in two: meaningful finitary statements, and empty idealised statements [Hilbert]