Featured Article Quiz #51
Quine–Putnam indispensability argument
#1 Who are the philosophers associated with the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument?
Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam
Mark Colyvan and Hartry Field
Alan Baker and Penelope Maddy
#2 What is the problem raised by Benacerraf for the philosophy of mathematics?
Mathematical sentences imply the existence of unknowable mathematical objects
Mathematical theories rely on the natural sciences for their legitimacy
Scientific theories should guide our beliefs about what exists
#3 What does Quine's naturalism argue?
Scientific theories should guide our beliefs about what exists
Mathematical theories are dispensable to scientific explanations
Mathematical truths depend on scientific theories