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Tag Archives: Richard. E. Hennessey
Number and Reality 2. Towards a Philosophy of Mathematics Bibliography
[This post is an exact replacement for the now deleted “Number and Reality 3.” One should not, I think we can all agree, have “Number and Reality 3” immediately succeed “Number and Reality 1” in a series devoted to number … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mathematics
Tagged After Aristotle, Peter Smith, Peter Smith's An Introduction to Formal Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Richard. E. Hennessey, Stewart Shapiro, Stewart Shapiro's The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, Stewart Shapiro’s Thinking about Mathematics
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Number and Reality 1. Some Initial Questions and the Initial Question
1. In the immediately previous post, I observed that I now find myself enjoying the leisure that will allow me “to engage in some serious thinking in the philosophy of mathematics.” More specifically, I announced my intention “to begin the … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mathematics
Tagged After Aristotle, Anti-realism in the Ontology of Mathematical Objects, Anti-realism in the Ontology of Numbers, Complex Questions, Numbers, Philosophy of Mathematics, Realism in the Ontology of Mathematical Objects, Realism in the Ontology of Numbers, Realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics, Richard. E. Hennessey, Sets, Stewart Shapiro’s Thinking about Mathematics
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Ontological Arithmetic. The Second Foot in the Door
Greetings. In the immediately previous post, the “Ontological Arithmetic. One Realistic Foot in the Door of the Philosophy of Mathematics” of September 24, 2020, I said that in the present post I would “spell out how one can prove, demonstrate, … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of Mathematics
Tagged After Aristotle, Arithmetic, Definition of What It Is to Be Four Existents, Definition of What It Is to Be One Existent, Definition of What It Is to Be Three Existents, Definition of What It Is to Be Two Existents, Ontological Arithmetic, Ontology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Proof That Any Existent Is One Existent, Proof That One Existent Plus One Existent Are Two Existents, Proof That Two Existents Plus One Existent Are Three Existents, Proof That Two Existents Plus Two Existents Are Four Existents, Richard. E. Hennessey
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Reflecting on Russell’s Religion and Science 3. Russell as a Skeptic, Even with Respect to Science
1. The present post is the third in a series of posts reflecting on the philosophical theses at work in Bertrand Russell’s Religion and Science.* In the series’ previous posts, I have directed attention to Russell’s “exclusivist epistemological scientism,” as … Continue reading
Reflecting on Russell’s Religion and Science 2. Its Scientism Confirmed and Two Complications Raised
1. The present post is the second in a series of posts reflecting on the philosophical theses at work in Bertrand Russell’s Religion and Science.* In the series’ opening post, I did three things pertinent to the present one. First, … Continue reading
Reflecting on Russell’s Religion and Science 1. Scientism and the Four Purported Magisteria
1. One reason why I have not been posting over the past months is because I have been caught up in the teaching of courses new to me, in ethics, medical ethics, and environmental ethics. These having been courses for … Continue reading
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Tagged After Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell’s “The Art of Rational Conjecture, Bertrand Russell’s Religion and Science, Bertrand Russell’s The Art of Philosophizing and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy, Epistemology, Magisteria, Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, Richard. E. Hennessey, Science, Scientism, Stephen Jay Gould, Theology
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