The Necessity of Mathematics

Juhani Yli‐Vakkuri · John T. Hawthorne

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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics History and Theory of Mathematics Philosophy and Theoretical Science

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Abstract Some have argued for a division of epistemic labor in which mathematicians supply truths and philosophers supply their necessity. We argue that this is wrong: mathematics is committed to its own necessity. Counterfactuals play a starring role.

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