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In this study we have examined the major themes in Husserl’s philosophy of arithmetic. We have seen that what Husserl meant by the ‘philosophy of arithmetic’ could be better described as the philosophy of formal mathematics, for he was concerned not only with elementary arithmetic, but also with the higher mathematical discipline of analysis, the discipline in which he himself had received his doctorate.
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Miller, J.P. (1982). Conclusion. In: Numbers in Presence and Absence: A Study of Husserl’s Philosophy of Mathematics. Phaenomenologica, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7624-5_7
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