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Against mathematical convenientism
pp. 115-122
Abstract
Indispensablists argue that when our belief system conflicts with our experiences, we can negate a mathematical belief but we do not because if we do, we would have to make an excessive revision of our belief system. Thus, we retain a mathematical belief not because we have good evidence for it but because it is convenient to do so. I call this view "mathematical convenientism.' I argue that mathematical convenientism commits the consequential fallacy and that it demolishes the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument and Baker's enhanced indispensability argument.
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(2016) Axiomathes 26 (2).
Pages: 115-122
Full citation:
Park Seungbae (2016) „Against mathematical convenientism“. Axiomathes 26 (2), 115–122.