Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Ethics and Indispensability Arguments

Right now I'm reading about indispensability arguments in math. On the agenda right now is:

(1) Hilary Putnam's elaboration on his version of it in "Philosophy of Logic"
(2) Hartry Field's criticisms and objections to the Putnam-Quine thesis
(3) Thinking what it would take for there to be a similar argument possible for ethical objects/concepts
(4) Understanding why such an argument has not been voiced

I'm on (1) right now, we'll see how it goes.

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