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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the more interesting reads in math epistemology,
By Erik Duncan (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Realism in Mathematics (Clarendon Paperbacks) (Paperback)
Penelope Maddy has written Realism In Mathematics clearly and cogently, with a grace of word and style not commonly found among analytics. In it she asserts that a causal justification of mathematical knowledge can be found in the patterns of neural firings at the moment of perceiving a set of objects. For example, when I see three apples a neural firing pattern goes off in my brain that is approximately similar to when I see three oranges etc. If I can have knowledge of sets, and we can found math with sets - I think you know where this is going.
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Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy (Hardcover - October 11, 1990)
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