Abstract Pluralist mathematical realism, the view that there exists more than one universe, has become an influential position in philosophy of mathematics. I argue that, if pluralism is true (and we have good reason to believe it is), then realism cannot (easily) be justified by arguments from indispensability mathematics science. This because any justificatory chain inferences applications sc...

Philosophers and legal theorists still disagree about the correct analysis of ‘rights’, both moral and legal. The ‘Will Theory’ and the ‘Interest Theory’—the two main views—can each account for various features of rights, but neither of them is totally satisfactory. The controversy has now been running for decades and seems irresolvable. I will contend in this paper that the discussion of ‘valu...