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The Quasi-Empirical Epistemology of Mathematics.
- Source :
- Kriterion; Jun2022, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p207-226, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper clarifies and discusses Imre Lakatos' claim that mathematics is quasi-empirical in one of his less-discussed papers A Renaissance of Empiricism in the Recent Philosophy of Mathematics. I argue that (1) Lakatos' motivation for classifying mathematics as a quasi-empirical theory is epistemological; (2) what can be called the quasi-empirical epistemology of mathematics is not correct; (3) analysing where the quasi-empirical epistemology of mathematics goes wrong will bring to light reasons to endorse a pluralist view of mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PHILOSOPHY of mathematics
THEORY of knowledge
MATHEMATICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10198288
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Kriterion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160194271
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2021-0029