3: Benacerraf's Dilemma, part 1

Episode 3 of the The Middle of Things podcast, hosted by Rodrigo and Kenny, titled "3: Benacerraf's Dilemma, part 1" was published on April 10, 2018 and runs 94 minutes.

April 10, 2018 ·94m · The Middle of Things

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Summary

Building on Boghossian's defense of implicit definition and epistemic analyticity, we explored the prospects for some kind of realism in the philosophy of mathematics. Main reading: Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam, "Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings", https://philpapers.org/rec/BENPOM; Hilary Putnam, "What is Mathematical Truth?", https://philpapers.org/rec/PUTWIM-2; Hartry Field, "Tarski's Theory of Truth", https://philpapers.org/rec/FIETTO-6. SEP reference: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Building on Boghossian's defense of implicit definition and epistemic analyticity, we explored the prospects for some kind of realism in the philosophy of mathematics. Main reading: Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam, "Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings", https://philpapers.org/rec/BENPOM; Hilary Putnam, "What is Mathematical Truth?", https://philpapers.org/rec/PUTWIM-2; Hartry Field, "Tarski's Theory of Truth", https://philpapers.org/rec/FIETTO-6. SEP reference: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/.

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