2015/06/11 by Lee Smolin, Smolin, Lee · 2 voices
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Archaeology #Epistemology #History #Law #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis #Mathematical economics #Mathematics #Mathematics education #Natural (archaeology) #Naturalism #Philosophy #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Physics #Political science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Theoretical physics #Unitary state #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1506.03733
10 pages latex, no figures. Awarded third place in the 2015 FQXi essay contest
arxiv created 2015/06/11 · openalex publication_date 2015/06/11 · arxiv updated 2015/06/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The aim of this essay is to propose a conception of mathematics that is fully consonant with naturalism. By that I mean the hypothesis that everything that exists is part of the natural world, which makes up a unitary whole.