Logicism

[Deutsch, Harry]

I wonder what Frege would have thought of the derivation of the Peano postulates in FA (without the help of Basic Law V). Would he think we only have a “free standing” epistemic right to HP, or would he see this idea as a sign of psychologism obtruding in matters of logic?  Harry

On Aug 12, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck <richard_heck at brown.edu<mailto:richard_heck at brown.edu>> wrote:

His later view has taken a variety of forms, but the
consistent idea is that we have some kind of free-standing epistemic
right to HP. This is maybe clearest in the 'foundations for free' paper.


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