Extension and division: the ontological status of quantity in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

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British Journal for the History of Philosophy 33 (2):223-228 (2025)
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1. Imagine that all our beliefs are organized as a web. Let us also imagine that there is a hierarchy among our beliefs. The stronger beliefs, located closer to the centre of the web, underpin the...

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