steven0461 comments on The role of mathematical truths - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 25 April 2010 11:29:41PM *  13 points [-]

I think philosophy of math discussion on LW would probably be better if it ever referred to the thinking that has been done by professional philosophers of math. Or maybe that thinking is worthless enough that it's worth restarting from scratch (e.g. if they don't have our necessary background concepts), but then that should be noted and defended from time to time.

Comment author: zero_call 26 April 2010 05:20:48AM 2 points [-]

Right. I think a lot of the comments here have been speaking towards that request in some way.

Comment author: RobinZ 26 April 2010 12:22:22AM 1 point [-]

Lakatos struck me as quite impressive in that field, but I am precisely the opposite of widely-read in that area.