@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Benacerraf,Paul}, subject = {Knowledge}, note = {Stalnaker I 41 Knowledge/Causal Theory/Mathematics/Benacerraf/Stalnaker: for mathematics we should expect a semantics that is a continuation of the general semantics. >Semantics, >Causal theory of knowledge. Existence statements about numbers, functions, and sets should be interpreted with the same truth-conditional semantics as sentences about tables, quarks, etc. >Existence statements, >Truth Conditions, >Numbers, >Sets, >Functions, >Mathematical Entities. Stalnaker I 42 Platonism/Mathematics/Benacerraf: Platonism gives a natural semantics, but it does not allow plausible epistemology. >Platonism, >Theory of knowledge. Reference/Benacerraf: thesis: real reference needs a causal connection. >Reference, >Causality, >Causal relation.}, note = { Bena I P. Benacerraf Philosophy of Mathematics 2ed: Selected Readings Cambridge 1984 Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=338170} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=338170} }