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Kant & Mill on Mathematics. Overview 2.1. Kant: Key Concepts.

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1 Kant & Mill on Mathematics

2 Overview

3 2.1. Kant: Key Concepts

4 Example of “conceptual analysis” & analytic truths 1.All vixens are foxes. 2.For all x, x is a vixen if and only if x is a female fox. 3.  All female foxes are foxes. For all x, if x is F and x is G, then x is G.

5 2.2. Kant’s epistemology 2.2.1. How is mathematical knowledge synthetic?

6 Intuition and counting Enunciation: 7+5 = 12 Ecthesis/setting-out: |||||||||||| Auxiliary construction – Step 1: |||||||| |||| – Step 2: ||||||||| ||| … – Step 5: ||||||||||||

7 2.2. Kant’s epistemology, continued

8 The rest of Kant’s philosophy of math 2.3. Ontology 2.4. Semantics 2.5. Applicability

9 3. Mill 3.1. Epistemology 3.2. Ontology 3.3. Semantics 3.4. Applicability


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