Daniel Waxman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5963711 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Waxman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Waxman |
| SIGNATURE | WAXMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lingnan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4354-8554 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Arithmetical pluralism and the objectivity of syntax
Arithmetical pluralism is the view that there is not one true arithmetic but rather many apparently conflicting arithmetical theories, each true in its own language. While pluralism has recently attracted considerable interest, it has also faced significant criticism. One powerful objection, which can be extracted from Parsons (2008), appeals to a categoricity result to argue against the possibility of seemingly conflicting true arithmetics. Anot…
Losing confidence in luminosity
A mental state is luminous if, whenever an agent is in that state, they are in a position to know that they are. Following Timothy Williamson's Knowledge and Its Limits, a wave of recent work has explored whether there are any non‐trivial luminous mental states. A version of Williamson's anti‐luminosity appeals to a safety‐theoretic principle connecting knowledge and confidence: if an agent knows p , then p is true in any nearby scenario where sh…
Is Mathematics Unreasonably Effective
Many mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers have suggested that the fact that mathematics—an a priori discipline informed substantially by aesthetic considerations—can be applied to natural science is mysterious. This paper sharpens and responds to a challenge to this effect. I argue that the aesthetic considerations used to evaluate and motivate mathematics are much more closely connected with the physical world than one might presume, and…
A metasemantic challenge for mathematical determinacy
A metasemantic challenge for mathematical determinacy
Losing confidence in luminosity
A mental state is luminous if, whenever an agent is in that state, they are in a position to know that they are. Following Timothy Williamson's Knowledge and Its Limits, a wave of recent work has explored whether there are any non‐trivial luminous mental states. A version of Williamson's anti‐luminosity appeals to a safety‐theoretic principle connecting knowledge and confidence: if an agent knows p , then p is true in any nearby scenario where sh…
Is Mathematics Unreasonably Effective
Many mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers have suggested that the fact that mathematics—an a priori discipline informed substantially by aesthetic considerations—can be applied to natural science is mysterious. This paper sharpens and responds to a challenge to this effect. I argue that the aesthetic considerations used to evaluate and motivate mathematics are much more closely connected with the physical world than one might presume, and…
Arithmetical pluralism and the objectivity of syntax
Arithmetical pluralism is the view that there is not one true arithmetic but rather many apparently conflicting arithmetical theories, each true in its own language. While pluralism has recently attracted considerable interest, it has also faced significant criticism. One powerful objection, which can be extracted from Parsons (2008), appeals to a categoricity result to argue against the possibility of seemingly conflicting true arithmetics. Anot…
Epistemology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (2 works) · History and Theory of Mathematics (2 works) · Mathematical economics (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · A priori and a posteriori (1 work) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (1 work)