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The Philosophy of Reuben Hersh: A Nontechnical Assessment

In: Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy

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  • William Labov

    (University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics)

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Reuben Hersh and I attended Harvard College in the 1940s. It was during the Second World War, when, as it was said, “they let anyone in.” The only training I had in mathematics was a first year Calculus course, and I have been trying to catch up ever since. Connections between philosophy and science may not have been as strong then as they are now. But I remember the reaction of my freshman advisor John Wild, a Thomist philosopher, when he spotted a Chemistry B course on my program. “Where,” he asked, “did you get that idolatry of science?” I was stunned. “This man is really intelligent,” I thought. “How could he tell from that one course that I have an idolatry of science? Because I do.”

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  • William Labov, 2017. "The Philosophy of Reuben Hersh: A Nontechnical Assessment," Springer Books, in: Bharath Sriraman (ed.), Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy, pages 351-354, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-61231-7_25
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_25
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