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Aesthetics and the Dream of Objectivity: Notes from Set Theory |
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| Authors: | Juliette Kennedy Jouko Väänänen |
| Institution: | 1. University of Helsinki, Finland.jkennedy@mappi.helsinki.fi;3. University of Helsinki, Finland;4. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we consider various ways in which aesthetic value bears on, if not serves as evidence for, the truth of independent statements in set theory. ... the aesthetic issue, which in practice will also for me be the decisive factor—John von Neumann, letter to Carnap, 1931 |
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