
Scott Soames, “Appreciating Analytic Philosophy” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Ideas Roadshow Podcast
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What Is the Successor of a Number?
A natural number is a member of the smallest set that contains zero and is closed under successor. The idea is to reduce all in fraga, all of mathematics, except for geometry and a special thought about geometry. And what did we build up from? These definitions, plus what? Just ordinary logical reasoning.
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