Mathematical Relativism

&
History and Philosophy of Logic 10 (1):53-65 (1989)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

We set out a doctrine about truth for the statements of mathematics—a doctrine which we think is a worthy competitor to realist views in the philosophy of mathematics—and argue that this doctrine, which we shall call ‘mathematical relativism’, withstands objections better than do other non-realist accounts.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1080/01445348908837142

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 103,061

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Mathematical relativism: Logic, grammar, and arithmetic in cultural comparison.Christian Greiffenhagen & Wes Sharrock - 2006 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 36 (2):97–117.
Relativism in Set Theory and Mathematics.Otávio Bueno - 2010 - In Steven D. Hales, A Companion to Relativism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 553–568.
Philip Hugly and Charles Sayward, Arithmetic and Ontology: A Non-Realist Philosophy of Arithmetic Reviewed by.Manuel Bremer - 2007 - Philosophy in Review 27 (3):188-191.
Fictionalism in the philosophy of mathematics.Mark Colyvan - 1996 - In Edward Craig, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal. New York: Routledge.
Pragmatism and Post-Truth.John Fennell - 2024 - European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 16 (2).
Philip Hugly & Charles Sayward: Arithmetic and Ontology: A Non-Realist Philosophy of Arithmetic, edited by Pieranna Garavaso . Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2006.Claus Festersen - 2007 - SATS 8 (2).
Relatively Speaking: The Coherence of Anti-Realist Relativism.James O. Young - 1986 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 16 (3):503 - 509.
Relativism Requires Alternatives, Not Disagreement or Relative Truth.Carol Rovane - 2010 - In Steven D. Hales, A Companion to Relativism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 31–52.
Reconciling the Realist/Anti Realist Dichotomy in the Philosophy of Mathematics.Bharath Sriraman & Per Haavold - 2018 - In Wuppuluri Shyam & Francisco Antonio Dorio, The Map and the Territory: Exploring the Foundations of Science, Thought and Reality. Springer. pp. 377-388.
How we learn mathematical language.Vann McGee - 1997 - Philosophical Review 106 (1):35-68.

Analytics

Added to PP
2010-08-10

Downloads
94 (#230,377)

6 months
4 (#866,409)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author Profiles

Charles Sayward
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Philip Hugly
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references