The Necessity of Mathematics |
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Authors: | Juhani Yli-Vakkuri John Hawthorne |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Tartu;2. University of Southern California |
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Abstract: | Some have argued for a division of epistemic labor in which mathematicians supply truths and philosophers supply their necessity. We argue that this is wrong: mathematics is committed to its own necessity. Counterfactuals play a starring role. |
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