El papel de la intuición en la filosofía de las matemáticas. La propuesta de Charles Parsons

  1. Ponte Azcárate, María
Journal:
Laguna: Revista de Filosofía

ISSN: 1132-8177

Year of publication: 2007

Issue: 20

Pages: 35-46

Type: Article

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Abstract

In this paper we analyse the possibility of explaining our knowledge of abstract entities and, concretely, of mathematical entities, through a cognitive faculty called mathematical intuition. In order to do so, we shall expose some of the main points and some of the problems of Charles Parsons’ proposal