A 1973 paper by Paul Benacerraf argued that a causal account of knowledge presents a problem for "platonistic" interpretations of these kinds of truths.
A 1973 paper by Paul Benacerraf argued that a causal account of knowledge presents a problem for "platonistic" interpretations of these kinds of truths. A "fictionalist" account of this concept was formulated by Hartry Field, who also attempted a nominalist account of this concept in response to Quine's naturalistic account. A philosophical approach that held that this concept's core was fundamentally constructive was formulated by Brouwer and was known as intuitionism. A thesis according to which we ought to be ontologically committed to the existence of entities within this field of study because of this field's "indispensability" was formulated by Quine and Putnam. For 10 points, identify this field of human activity, which according to the Quine-Putnam thesis is indispensable to science, and which includes sub-fields such as set theory and functional analysis.
A 1973 paper by Paul Benacerraf argued that a causal account of knowledge presents a problem for "platonistic" interpretations of these kinds of truths.
mathematics [prompt on "logic"]