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How Maths Changed Philosophy | Silvia Jonas

Philosophy For Our Times

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The Perception of Reality Changes Parallel to the Movements in the History of Mathematics

Mathematics has become a bench mark for all other areas of discourse that have a claim to objectivity. It is an ideal because mathematical truths are arguably, indisputably certain. Mathematical statements have objective and determinate truth values. So if you're a realist about these domains, am and if you're committed to at least some of these claims, then you're also going to face a number of challenges. For example, why we should believe in the existence of these entities? You would also have to explain how people disagree so radically with one another on morality. And finally, you'd have to come up with an answer to objections from dispensability.

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