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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

17621	What matters in mathematics is its objectivity, not the existence of the objects [Dummett]
	Full Idea: As Kreisel has remarked, what is important is not the existence of mathematical objects, but the objectivity of mathematical statements.
	From: Michael Dummett (Frege Philosophy of Language (2nd ed) [1973], Ch.14)
	A reaction: [see Maddy 2011:115 for the history of this idea] It seems rather unclear where Frege stands on objectivity. Maddy embraces it, following up this idea, and Tyler Burge's fat book on objectivity.