Kit Fine's systematic investigation of neo-Fregean abstractionism, examining which abstraction principles are acceptable and what the limits of the neo-logicist program are.
Develops criteria for when abstraction principles are acceptable — the problem of Bad Company — and provides a rigorous foundation for the abstractionist program in philosophy of mathematics.
No conceptual lineage found.
No recorded contemporaries.
No recorded minds influenced.
No conceptual posterity found.
Discussing
Ask anything about The Limits of Abstraction — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.