Virtue theory of mathematical practices: an introduction

Andrew Aberdein; Colin Jakob Rittberg; Fenner Stanley Tanswell

doi:10.1007/s11229-021-03240-2

Virtue theory of mathematical practices: an introduction

Andrew Aberdein^*
, Colin Jakob Rittberg
, Fenner Stanley Tanswell

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Until recently, discussion of virtues in the philosophy of mathematics has been fleeting and fragmentary at best. But in the last few years this has begun to change. As virtue theory has grown ever more influential, not just in ethics where virtues may seem most at home, but particularly in epistemology and the philosophy of science, some philosophers have sought to push virtues out into unexpected areas, including mathematics and its philosophy. But there are some mathematicians already there, ready to meet them, who have explicitly invoked virtues in discussing what is necessary for a mathematician to succeed...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10167-10180
Number of pages	14
Journal	Synthese
Volume	199
Issue number	3-4
Early online date	18 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03240-2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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We are grateful to Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Otávio Bueno, the former and current editors-in-chief of Synthese, for their indispensable help with this topical collection. We are also indebted to more than two dozen scholars who volunteered their time to review papers for us. This topical collection grew out of a workshop on virtue theory of mathematical practices held in July 2018 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). We thank all participants for their contributions and encouragement, as well as the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science at the VUB for hosting the event. Special thanks go to the late Reuben Hersh, who submitted a draft paper to the workshop (which was read by Brendan Larvor) but was unable to finish the piece for this collection. The guest editors are thankful for the funding they have received whilst working on this topical collection. Colin Jakob Rittberg was consecutively funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) Project G056716N; partly funded by Research England; and the European Commission via the Marie Skłodovska-Curie Individual Fellowship scheme (Grant Agreement ID: 883724).

Funders	Funder number
European Commission
Catarina Dutilh Novaes
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	883724
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek	G056716N

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