Theism, Platonism, and the Metaphysics of Mathematics

Faith and Philosophy 4 (4):365-382 (1987)
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Abstract

In a previous paper, Thomas V. Morris and I sketched a view on which abstract objects, in particular, properties, relations, and propositions , are created by God no less than contingent, concrete objects. In this paper r suggest a way of extending this account to cover mathematical objects as well. Drawing on some recent work in logic and metaphysics, I also develop a more detailed account of the structure of PRPs in answer to the paradoxes that arise on a naive understanding of the structure ofthe abstract universe.

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Christopher Menzel
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The iterative conception of set.George Boolos - 1971 - Journal of Philosophy 68 (8):215-231.
On Sets and Worlds: A Reply to Menzel.Patrick Grim - 1986 - Analysis 46 (4):186 - 191.

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