Defending the Axioms

DOI10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780199596188.001.0001zbMath1219.00014OpenAlexW2483582517MaRDI QIDQ5894079

Penelope J. Maddy

Publication date: 27 January 2011

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596188.001.0001

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of mathematicsmathematical realismmathematical fictionalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-02) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to mathematics in general (00-02)

Related Items (26)

Interview With a Set Theorist ⋮ How to Choose New Axioms for Set Theory? ⋮ Maddy On The Multiverse ⋮ What Do We Want a Foundation to Do? ⋮ Set-theoretic foundations ⋮ Hierarchical multiverse of sets ⋮ Set-theoretic justification and the theoretical virtues ⋮ Intellectual humility in mathematics ⋮ Mathematizing as a virtuous practice: different narratives and their consequences for mathematics education and society ⋮ Virtue theory of mathematical practices: an introduction ⋮ Social constructivism in mathematics? The promise and shortcomings of Julian Cole's institutional account ⋮ Platonism and the Proto-ontology of Mathematics: Learning from the Axiom of Choice ⋮ TWO ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE GENERIC MULTIVERSE ⋮ Epistemic injustice in mathematics ⋮ Epistemology, Ontology and Application in Pincock’s Account ⋮ Multiversism and Concepts of Set: How Much Relativism Is Acceptable? ⋮ Mathematical pull ⋮ Introduction ⋮ No magic: from phenomenology of practice to social ontology of mathematics ⋮ Defending Maddy’s Mathematical Naturalism from Roland’s Criticisms: The Role of Mathematical Depth ⋮ Can we resolve the continuum hypothesis? ⋮ Maximality and ontology: how axiom content varies across philosophical frameworks ⋮ On mathematical realism and applicability of hyperreals ⋮ A RECONSTRUCTION OF STEEL’S MULTIVERSE PROJECT ⋮ The Significance of Relativistic Computation for the Philosophy of Mathematics ⋮ What is Absolute Undecidability?†

This page was built for publication: Defending the Axioms