Anthony Peressini
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Peressini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Peressini |
| SIGNATURE | PERESSINI A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Confirmational holism and its mathematical (w)holes
Proof, Reliability, and Mathematical Knowledge
With respect to the confirmation of mathematical propositions, proof possesses an epistemological authority unmatched by other means of confirmation. This paper is an investigation into why this is the case. I make use of an analysis drawn from an early reliability perspective on knowledge to help make sense of mathematical proofs singular epistemological status
Confirming Mathematical Theories
Applying Pure Mathematics
Much of the current thought concerning mathematical ontology and epistemology follows Quine and Putnam in looking to the indispensable application of mathematics in science. A standard assumption of the indispensability approach is some version of confirmational holism, i.e., that only “sufficiently large” sets of beliefs “face the tribunal of experience.” In this paper I develop and defend a distinction between a pure mathematical theory and a m…
Generalizing Evolutionary Altruism
Although accounts of evolutionary altruism which leave the question of whether altruism can evolve in nature open to empirical confirmation/refutation have been worked out for special (two-trait) cases, no real effort has been made to work out such accounts for general ( N -trait) cases. It is tempting to take this lack of attention as evidence for an inextricably conventional element, which precludes such accounts from being of practical scienti…
Confirmational holism and its mathematical (w)holes
Confirming Mathematical Theories
Applying Pure Mathematics
Much of the current thought concerning mathematical ontology and epistemology follows Quine and Putnam in looking to the indispensable application of mathematics in science. A standard assumption of the indispensability approach is some version of confirmational holism, i.e., that only “sufficiently large” sets of beliefs “face the tribunal of experience.” In this paper I develop and defend a distinction between a pure mathematical theory and a m…
Generalizing Evolutionary Altruism
Although accounts of evolutionary altruism which leave the question of whether altruism can evolve in nature open to empirical confirmation/refutation have been worked out for special (two-trait) cases, no real effort has been made to work out such accounts for general ( N -trait) cases. It is tempting to take this lack of attention as evidence for an inextricably conventional element, which precludes such accounts from being of practical scienti…
Generalizing Evolutionary Altruism
Although accounts of evolutionary altruism which leave the question of whether altruism can evolve in nature open to empirical confirmation/refutation have been worked out for special (two-trait) cases, no real effort has been made to work out such accounts for general ( N -trait) cases. It is tempting to take this lack of attention as evidence for an inextricably conventional element, which precludes such accounts from being of practical scienti…
Confirming Mathematical Theories
Applying Pure Mathematics
Much of the current thought concerning mathematical ontology and epistemology follows Quine and Putnam in looking to the indispensable application of mathematics in science. A standard assumption of the indispensability approach is some version of confirmational holism, i.e., that only “sufficiently large” sets of beliefs “face the tribunal of experience.” In this paper I develop and defend a distinction between a pure mathematical theory and a m…
Proof, Reliability, and Mathematical Knowledge
With respect to the confirmation of mathematical propositions, proof possesses an epistemological authority unmatched by other means of confirmation. This paper is an investigation into why this is the case. I make use of an analysis drawn from an early reliability perspective on knowledge to help make sense of mathematical proofs singular epistemological status
Confirmational holism and its mathematical (w)holes
Computer Science (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Holism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematical economics (2 works) · Philosophy of science (2 works)