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Originally Posted by Jc1991
This seems more like an issue of reductionism than anything else. Not that anyone is likely to change anyone else's opinion on that issue anytime soon.
I would be more inclined to call Molokh a mathematical realist in general, rather than a Platonist. The Aristotle/Plato dichotomy really isn't.
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Who are you suspecting of being a reductionist? I don't call myself a reductionist, but I do consider myself a physicalist, and I don't believe in any version of dualism or idealism.
As to mathematical realism, isn't that just the application of Platonism to mathematics?
Bill Stoddard