Aesthetics and the Dream of Objectivity: Notes from Set Theory

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 58 (1):83-98 (2015)
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In this paper, we consider various ways in which aesthetic value bears on, if not serves as evidence for, the truth of independent statements in set theory.... the aesthetic issue, which in practice will also for me be the decisive factor—John von Neumann, letter to Carnap, 1931For me, it is the aesthetics which may very well be the final arbiter—P. J. Cohen, 2002

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Jouko A Vaananen
University of Helsinki
Juliette Kennedy
University of Helsinki

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