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Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ((LEUS,volume 32))

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I make some concluding remarks about the goals of this book: to give a clearer and more precise sense to what pluralism means in the philosophy of mathematics. A reader might adopt none, some or all of the pluralist view. There are stopping points.

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    ‘Teleologically satisfying answers’ are ones that reveal a sense of purpose of overall, unique goal or plan.

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Friend, M. (2014). Conclusion. In: Pluralism in Mathematics: A New Position in Philosophy of Mathematics. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7058-4_15

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