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Is If-then-ism Still an Option?

Matija Arko

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In this paper I am going to try to prove that if-then-ism is not an option. I will focus on if-then-ism as a strategy to reduce ontological commitments in mathematics. I will start with the definition of if-then-ism in The Principles of Mathematics. Then I am going to discuss the Putnam’s criticism of if-then-ism. Next I will move on to some arguments of Cian Dorr that support it. In the end, I will talk about ontological parsimony as the general motivation for adopting the if-then-ism. I will discuss ontological parsimony in connection with naturalism and argue that demand for ontological parsimony does not follow from naturalism.

Ključne riječi

if-then-ism; ontological parsimony; naturalism; philosophy of mathematics

Hrčak ID:

5920

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/5920

Datum izdavanja:

3.7.2006.

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