What is the problem of mathematical knowledge?

In Mary Leng, Alexander Paseau & Michael D. Potter, Mathematical Knowledge. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (2007)
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Suggests that the recent emphasis on Benacerraf's access problem locates the peculiarity of mathematical knowledge in the wrong place. Instead we should focus on the sense in which mathematical concepts are or might be "armchair concepts" – concepts about which non-trivial knowledge is obtainable a priori.

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