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Mathematics and Metaphilosophy: Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Autor Justin Clarke-Doane
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iun 2022
This Element discusses the problem of mathematical knowledge, and its broader philosophical ramifications. It argues that the challenge to explain the (defeasible) justification of our mathematical beliefs ('the justificatory challenge'), arises insofar as disagreement over axioms bottoms out in disagreement over intuitions. And it argues that the challenge to explain their reliability ('the reliability challenge'), arises to the extent that we could have easily had different beliefs. The Element shows that mathematical facts are not, in general, empirically accessible, contra Quine, and that they cannot be dispensed with, contra Field. However, it argues that they might be so plentiful that our knowledge of them is unmysterious. The Element concludes with a complementary 'pluralism' about modality, logic and normative theory, highlighting its surprising implications. Metaphysically, pluralism engenders a kind of perspectivalism and indeterminacy. Methodologically, it vindicates Carnap's pragmatism, transposed to the key of realism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108995405
ISBN-10: 1108995403
Pagini: 75
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 4 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Introduction; 1. Self-Evidence, Analyticity, and Intuition; 2. Observation and Indispensability; 3. Connection, Contingency and Pluralism; 4. Modality, Logic, and Normativity; Conclusions.

Descriere

This Element discusses the problem of mathematical knowledge and its relevance to other areas of philosophical concern.