Grounding concepts [electronic resource] : an empirical basis for arithmetical knowledge / C.S. Jenkins.

By:

Jenkins, C. S. (Carrie S.)

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Oxford eBooks

Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 290 p.)ISBN:

9780199231577

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Electronic books.

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513.01 22

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QA248

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Summary: Carrie Jenkins presents an account of arithmetical knowledge which manages to respect three key intuitions: a priorism mind-independence realism, and empiricism. Jenkins argues that arithmetic can be known through the examination of empirically grounded concepts, non-accidentally accurate representations of the mind-independent world.

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Carrie Jenkins presents an account of arithmetical knowledge which manages to respect three key intuitions: a priorism mind-independence realism, and empiricism. Jenkins argues that arithmetic can be known through the examination of empirically grounded concepts, non-accidentally accurate representations of the mind-independent world.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.