The philosophy of logical practice

Abstract

Contemporary philosophy of science and philosophy of mathematics are typified by their detailed analysis of the various facets of scientific and mathematical methodology, whether these be the norms of model building within a field of science (Braillard and Malaterre 2015), the notion of rigor that mathematicians adhere to when evaluating proofs (Hamami 2019), or the criteria scientists use when evaluating the utility of theoretical concepts (Brigandt 2010). In all of these cases, there is an acceptance that the philosophy of a research field should primarily be based upon the actual practices of experts within the field, rather than some idealised accounts of them.The general rationale for this practice-based approach is clear, if often left explicitly unsaid (Soler et al. 2014). The sciences and mathematics, like any field of inquiry, are social