THE SYDNEY SCHOOL: MATHEMATICS, THE SCIENCE OF STRUCTURE

 
AN ARISTOTELIAN REALIST PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS

NEW On 15 June 2023, the world first workshop on Aristotelian philosophy of mathematics was held online ... videos.

We are a school of philosophers of mathematics centred in Sydney, Australia. Our line is realist (about structure and quantity), but Aristotelian rather than Platonist: we hold that mathematics studies real properties of things such as symmetry and continuity . . .
intro . . .
our manifesto . . .
Wikipedia article . . .
a tutorial on Aristotelian realism. . .
review of other schools in philosophy of maths. . .
The Australian's Higher Ed Supplement article. . .
introductory talk on infinity ...
Philosopher's Zone interview 2010 ... 2014 ...
video interview ... podcast (2020) ... video intro (8 mins) ... interview (2021)

Paul Thagard writes "The current philosophy of mathematics that fits best with what is known about minds and science is James Franklin's Aristotelian realism."

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Book

James Franklin's book, An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics, appeared from Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.

(Philosophia Mathematica's review: extract ... (full text) ... New Criterion's review)

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