Empiricism, Probability, and Knowledge of Arithmetic
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The thesis that I want to examine today is this: arithmetical knowledge may be legitimately extended by confirmation just as it may be by proof. This thesis is one component of a broader empirical account of arithmetical knowledge, according to which: subsequent to some appropriately empirical acquisition of knowledge of quantifier-free truths like 7 + 5 = 12, one may legitimately extend this knowledge to knowledge of more complex arithmetical truths by way of confirmation. My goal today is to defend this thesis against 2 objections of the form: this kind of probability is too close to arithmetical truth.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013