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100	1		_aClarke-Doane, Justin
245	1	0	_aMorality and mathematics
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2023.
300			_aviii, 208 pages ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 186-203) and index.
520			_aTo what extent are the subjects of our thoughts and talk real? This is the question of realism. In this book, Justin Clarke-Doane explores arguments for and against moral realism and mathematical realism, how they interact, and what they can tell us about areas of philosophical interest more generally. He argues that, contrary to widespread belief, our mathematical beliefs have no better claim to being self-evident or provable than our moral beliefs. Nor do our mathematical beliefs have better claim to being empirically justified than our moral beliefs. It is also incorrect that reflection on the "genealogy" of our moral beliefs establishes a lack of parity between the cases. In general, if one is a moral antirealist on the basis of epistemological considerations, then one ought to be a mathematical antirealist as well. And, yet, Clarke-Doane shows that moral realism and mathematical realism do not stand or fall together -- and for a surprising reason. Moral questions, insofar as they are practical, are objective in a sense that mathematical questions are not. Moreover, the sense in which they are objective can be explained only by assuming practical anti-realism. One upshot of the discussion is that the concepts of realism and objectivity, which are widely identified, are actually in tension. Another is that the objective questions in the neighborhood of questions of logic, modality, grounding, and nature are practical questions too. Practical philosophy should, therefore, take center stage.
650			_aEthics (philosophy)
650			_aEthics
650			_aMathematics _vMoral and ethical aspects
650			_aMoral realism
856			_3Table of content _uhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/morality-and-mathematics-9780198898863?cc=us&lang=en&#
856			_3Reviews _uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185724339-morality-and-mathematics?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=eLBDPfvZb8&rank=1#CommunityReviews
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