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Full Idea
I propose that arithmetical truths are known through an examination of our own arithmetical concepts; that basic arithmetical concepts map the arithmetical structure of the world; that the map obtains in virtue of our normal sensory apparatus.
Gist of Idea
Senses produce concepts that map the world, and arithmetic is known through these concepts
Source
Carrie Jenkins (Grounding Concepts [2008], Pref)
Book Ref
Jenkins,Carrie: 'Grounding Concepts' [OUP 2008], p.-5
A Reaction
She defends the nice but unusual position that arithmetical knowledge is both a priori and empirical (so that those two notions are not, as usually thought, opposed). I am a big Carrie Jenkins fan.