The role of testimony in mathematics

Mathematicians appear to have quite high standards for when they will rely on testimony. Many mathematicians require that a number of experts testify that they have checked the proof of a result p before they will rely on p in their own proofs without checking the proof of p. We examine why this is....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Synthese (Dordrecht) 2021-12, Vol.199 (1/2), p.859-870
Hauptverfasser:	Andersen, Line Edslev, Andersen, Hanne, Sørensen, Henrik Kragh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitudes Education Epistemology Logic Mathematicians Mathematics Metaphysics Philosophy Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Science Testimony VIRTUE THEORY OF MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES
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