Darnell, Eamon and Thomas-Bolduc, Aaron (2018) Is Hume's Principle Analytic? [Preprint]

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The question of the analyticity of Hume's Principle (HP) is central to the neo-logicist project. We take on this question with respect to Frege's definition of analyticity, which entails that a sentence cannot be analytic if it can be consistently denied within the sphere of a special science. We show that HP can be denied within non-standard analysis and argue that if HP is taken to depend on Frege's definition of number, it isn't analytic, and if HP is taken to be primitive there is only a very narrow range of circumstances where it might be taken to be analytic.The latter discussion also sheds some light on the connections between the Bad Company and Caesar objections.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Darnell, Eamon eamon.darnell@mail.toronto.ca Thomas-Bolduc, Aaron athomasb@ucalgary.ca 0000-0001-9955-2371
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in Synthese.
Keywords:	Neo-logicism, Frege, Hume's Principle, Non-standard Analysis, Analyticity
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Epistemology Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic Specific Sciences > Mathematics
Depositing User:	Aaron Thomas-Bolduc
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2018 19:59
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2018 19:59
Item ID:	15096
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Epistemology Specific Sciences > Mathematics > History of Philosophy Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic Specific Sciences > Mathematics
Date:	2018
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15096

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