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Series:   Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Husserl's Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2024

Mirja Hartimo
Mirja Hartimo
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University of Helsinki

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Husserl's Philosophy of Mathematical Practice explores the applicability of the phenomenological method to philosophy of mathematical practice. The first section elaborates on Husserl's own understanding of the method of radical sense-investigation (Besinnung), with which he thought the mathematics of his time should be approached. The second section shows how Husserl himself practiced it, tracking both constructive and platonistic features in mathematical practice. Finally, the third section situates Husserlian phenomenology within the contemporary philosophy of mathematical practice, where the examined styles are more diverse. Husserl's phenomenology is presented as a method, not a fixed doctrine, applicable to study and unify philosophy of mathematical practice and the metaphysics implied in it. In so doing, this Element develops Husserl's philosophy of mathematical practice as a species of Kantian critical philosophy and asks after the conditions of possibility of social and self-critical mathematical practices.
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Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Online ISBN: 9781009165709
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 16 January 2025

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