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Abstract
Fraser MacBride’s provocative and interesting paper, “Can ante rem structuralism solve the access problem?” (this journal, volume 58 (2008), 155-164), raises important issues concerning the epistemological goals and burdens of contemporary philosophy of mathematics, and perhaps philosophy of science and other disciplines as well. In this paper, I use a response to MacBride’s paper as a framework for developing a broadly holistic framework for such issues, an attempt to steer a middle course between a reductive, foundationalism and an extreme naturalistic quietism. For this purpose, the notion of entitlement is invoked along the way, suitably modified for the present, anti-foundationalist setting.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 130-150 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | The Philosophical Quarterly |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 242 |
Early online date | 23 Feb 2010 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
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FOUNDATIONS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE: Foundations of Logical Consequence
Read, S. (PI), Priest, G. G. (CoI), Shapiro, S. (CoI) & Celani, L. (Student)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/09 → 30/06/12
Project: Standard