Philosophical Uses of Categoricity Arguments

by Penelope Maddy and Jouko Väänänen

This Element addresses the viability of categoricity arguments in philosophy by focusing with some care on the specific conclusions that a sampling of prominent figures have attempted to draw - the same theorem might successfully support one such conclusion while failing to support another. It begins with Dedekind, Zermelo, and Kreisel, casting doubt on received readings of the latter two and highlighting the success of all three in achieving what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009467964
• ISBN13: 9781009467964
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"