Quasi-Realism in Mathematics

It is one of the tasks of the philosophy of mathematics to explain in a Kantian way, how and to what extent, mathematics as it is known, is possible. Lindstrom assumes that mathematics has a certain subject matter.

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Published inThe Monist Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 122 - 149
Main Author Lindstrom, Per
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published La Salle, IL The Hegeler Institute 01.01.2000
Hegeler Institute
Open Court Pub. Co
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Abstract objects
Axioms
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
Intuition
Mathematical objects
Mathematical set theory
Mathematical sets
Mathematical theorems
Mathematics
Natural numbers
Philosophical axioms
Philosophy
Platonism
Theory
Abstract
Realism
Predicativity
Mathematics philosophy
Concrete
Object
Knowledge
Finitism
Truth
Arithmetic
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Summary:It is one of the tasks of the philosophy of mathematics to explain in a Kantian way, how and to what extent, mathematics as it is known, is possible. Lindstrom assumes that mathematics has a certain subject matter.
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ISSN:0026-9662
2153-3601
DOI:10.5840/monist200083110