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(1977) Interdisciplinary phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer.

Objectivity in logic

a phenomenological approach

Robert G. Wolf

pp. 169-185

One constant temptation of human thinking in both logic and mathematics is the claim that mathematical objects are in some sense "real". This temptation surfaces in a number of ways—one is the recurrent metaphysical position of "Platonism". Another is the language of "discovery" in mathematics; a third is the natural use of visual imagery in talk about mathematics and a fourth is the impersonal "objective" character accorded to mathematical theory.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-6893-7_10

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Wolf, R. G. (1977)., Objectivity in logic: a phenomenological approach, in D. Ihde & R. Zaner (eds.), Interdisciplinary phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 169-185.

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