Heathcote, Adrian (2018) Analyticity, Truthmaking and Mathematics. Open Journal of Philosophy, 08 (03). pp. 243-261. ISSN 2163-9434
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Abstract
Whereas for many truths, truthmaker theory offers a plausible account, there are certain kinds of truths for which the theory seems less helpful: principally (though not exclusively) analytic truths. I argue that an augmentation of the usual idea of truthmakers can solve this problem. Moreover that once solved we are able to look afresh at the nature of mathematics, whether conceived as analytic or synthetic, necessary or contingent, and reduce the ontological options. I also argue that it was Quine’s reformulation of analyticity, deployed in place of the correct Leibniz-Wolff-Kant account, which led to his holistic account of knowledge and pragmatist account of scientific revisability.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Research Asian Plos > Social Sciences and Humanities |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@research.asianplos.com |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2023 12:54 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2024 05:42 |
URI: | http://abstract.stmdigitallibrary.com/id/eprint/249 |