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Grounding concepts : an empirical basis for arithmetical knowledge /

Carrie Jenkins presents an account of arithmetical knowledge, which manages to respect three key intuitions: a priorism, mind-independence realism, and empiricism. Jenkins argues that arithmetic can be known through the examination of empirically grounded concepts, non-accidentally accurate represen...

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Main Author: Jenkins, C. S. (Carrie S.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
Subjects:
Arithmetic > Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Arithmétique > Philosophie.
Théorie de la connaissance.
epistemology.
MATHEMATICS > Arithmetic.
Knowledge, Theory of
Electronic books.
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Summary:Carrie Jenkins presents an account of arithmetical knowledge, which manages to respect three key intuitions: a priorism, mind-independence realism, and empiricism. Jenkins argues that arithmetic can be known through the examination of empirically grounded concepts, non-accidentally accurate representations of the mind-independent world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
ISBN:9780191552403
0191552402
9780191716102
0191716103