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 -March-2025-Philosophy-of-Mathematics-Φ-Math-Readi
 ng-Group
DTSTAMP:20250311T135254
SUMMARY:Philosophy of Mathematics (Φ-Math) Reading
  Group
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250311T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20250311T163000
LOCATION:Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amste
 rdam / Online (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:For this session, we will answer the t
 itle’s question with the short and sweet: John P. 
 Burgess’s Why I Am Not a Nominalist, a broad overv
 iew against various forms of nominalism.  Burgess 
 responds to nominalist attempts to dispense with a
 bstract objects in mathematical and scientific dis
 course, challenging both instrumentalist and recon
 structionist forms of nominalism, among others; ar
 guing that they fail to provide a viable alternati
 ve to the standard use of mathematics in science. 
 He maintans that nominalism, rather than Platonism
 , bears the real “burden of proof”. His critique a
 dresses Goodman, Quine, and Field, among others.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>For this sessi
 on, we will answer the title’s question with the s
 hort and sweet: John P. Burgess’s <em>Why I Am Not
  a Nominalist</em>, a broad overview against vario
 us forms of nominalism.</p>\n  <p>Burgess responds
  to nominalist attempts to dispense with abstract 
 objects in mathematical and scientific discourse, 
 challenging both instrumentalist and reconstructio
 nist forms of nominalism, among others; arguing th
 at they fail to provide a viable alternative to th
 e standard use of mathematics in science. He maint
 ans that nominalism, rather than Platonism, bears 
 the real “burden of proof”. His critique adresses 
 Goodman, Quine, and Field, among others.</p>\n
URL:https://events.illc.uva.nl/Phi-Math/events/202
 5-03-1-why-i-am-not-a-nominalist/
CONTACT:Alexander Lind at alexander.lind.math at g
 mail.com
CONTACT:Orestis Dimou Belegratis at OrestisDimouB 
 at gmail.com
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