The Concept of Mathematical Truth

Review of Metaphysics 44 (3):483 - 494 (1991)
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LIKE ARTISTS WHO FAIL TO GIVE an accurate description of how they work, like scientists who believe in unrealistic philosophies of science, mathematicians subscribe to a concept of mathematical truth that runs contrary to the truth.

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