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ON NATURALIZING THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS
Author(s) -
ROLAND JEFFREY W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2009.01329.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , naturalism , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , optimism , core (optical fiber) , epistemology of wikipedia , social epistemology , computer science , chemistry , telecommunications , biochemistry
In this paper, I consider an argument for the claim that any satisfactory epistemology of mathematics will violate core tenets of naturalism, i.e. that mathematics cannot be naturalized. I find little reason for optimism that the argument can be effectively answered.