The Philosophy of Mathematics: A Study of Indispensability and Inconsistency
This thesis examines possible philosophies to account for the practice of mathematics, exploring the metaphysical, ontological, and epistemological outcomes of each possible theory. Through a study of the two most probable ideas, mathematical platonism and fictionalism, I focus on the compelling arg...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2016
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/894 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1836&context=scripps_theses |