Kitcher, mathematics, and naturalism

On Naturalizing the Epistemology of Mathematics

“…See, e.g., Quine, 1948Quine, , 1951Quine, , 1954Quine, , 1969aQuine, , 1969bQuine, , 1969c See, e.g., Kitcher, 1983Kitcher, , 1988and Maddy, 1995and Maddy, , 1996and Maddy, , 1997and Maddy, , 1998aand Maddy, , 1998band Maddy, , 2003 I'll often not specify the epistemology of mathematics, it being understood that by naturalizing mathematics I intend naturalizing the epistemology of mathematics. 6 See, e.g., Dieterle, 1999;Paseau, 2005;Roland, 2007Roland, , 2008Rosen, 1999;and Weir, 2005. 7 Though this notion of falling within our scientific worldview is obviously imprecise, it should be precise enough for present purposes.…”

“…I have argued elsewhere that the attempts of both fail, and they fail for essentially the same reasons as the views discussed in §3. (See Roland, 2007 and 2008.) Thus I opted not to address the views of Maddy or Kitcher in the present article.…”