full-blooded Platonism

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In philosophy of mathematics: Nontraditional versions
Balaguer called this view “full-blooded Platonism,” and he argued that it is only by endorsing this view that Platonists can explain how humans could acquire knowledge of abstract objects.
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In philosophy of mathematics: The epistemological argument against Platonism
Another strategy, that of full-blooded Platonism, is based on the claim that Platonists ought to endorse the thesis that all the mathematical objects that possibly could exist actually do exist. According to Balaguer, if full-blooded Platonism is true, then knowledge of abstract objects can be obtained without the aid…
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