Hume on the social construction of mathematical knowledge.

Mathematics for Hume is the exemplary field of demonstrative knowledge. Ideally, this knowledge is a priori as it arises only from the comparison of ideas without any further empirical input; it is certain because demonstration consist of steps that are intuitively evident and infallible; and it is...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 196; no. 9; pp. 3615 - 3632
Main Author:	Demeter, Tamás
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2019
Subjects:	Human behavior Sociability Modularity (Psychology) Metaphysics Certainty
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost