Aesthetics and the Dream of Objectivity: Notes from Set Theory
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| Publication date | 2015 |
| Journal | Inquiry : an Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy |
| Volume | Issue number | 58 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 83-98 |
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| Abstract |
In this paper, we consider various ways in which aesthetic value bears on, if not serves as evidence for, the truth of independent statements in set theory. ... the aesthetic issue, which in practice will also for me be the decisive factor—John von Neumann, letter to Carnap, 1931 For me, it is the aesthetics which may very well be the final arbiter—P. J. Cohen, 2002 |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | In special issue: Mathematical Evidence |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2015.978537 |
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