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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers
13489 Von Neumann treated cardinals as a special sort of ordinal [Neumann, by Hart,WD]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers
12336 A von Neumann ordinal is a transitive set with transitive elements [Neumann, by Badiou]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / g. Von Neumann numbers
18179 For Von Neumann the successor of n is n U {n} (rather than {n}) [Neumann, by Maddy]
18180 Von Neumann numbers are preferred, because they continue into the transfinite [Maddy on Neumann]
15925 Each Von Neumann ordinal number is the set of its predecessors [Neumann, by Lavine]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / b. Turing Machines
3193 Turing showed that logical rules can be specified computationally and mechanically [Turing, by Rey]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
468 Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]