Ideas from 'Mathematical Truth' by Paul Benacerraf [1973], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Philosophy of Mathematics: readings (2nd)' (ed/tr Benacerraf/Putnam) [CUP 1983,0-521-29648-x]].

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

9935	Mathematical truth is always compromising between ordinary language and sensible epistemology

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

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Realists have semantics without epistemology, anti-realists epistemology but bad semantics [Colyvan]

9936	The platonist view of mathematics doesn't fit our epistemology very well