Paul Benacerraf has dominated the philosophy of mathematics in the
past 25 years. Arguments derived from Benacerraf's analyses of the
concept of number and the tension between the epistemology and the
semantics of matematics are widespread in the rest of philosophy,
particulary the philosophy of langauge and metaphysics.
This volume contains ten original essays discussing
Benacerrafian themes within and outside the philosophy of
mathematics, and a new essay, "What mathematical truth could not
be" by Benaceraff. Within the philosophy of mathematics the essays
discuss the perennial appeal of Platonism in the philosophy of
mathematics, the indeterminacy of mathematical ontology, and the
legacy of the logicism of Frege and Russell. More general topics
discussed include the concept of truth, indeterminacy arguments in
ontology, and the status of stipulation in human knowledge.
Contributors include Paul Benacerraf, George Boolos, John Earman
and John Norton, Richard Grandy, Jerrold Katz, Penelope Maddy, Adam
Morton, Richard Jeffrey, Robert Stalnaker, Mark Steiner and Steven
Wagner.
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