Naturalism in mathematics and the authority of philosophy

Naturalism in the philosophy of mathematics is the view that philosophy cannot legitimately gainsay mathematics. I distinguish between reinterpretation and reconstruction naturalism: the former states that philosophy cannot legitimately sanction a reinterpretation of mathematics (i.e. an interpretat...

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Main Author: Paseau, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005