Jody Azzouni Book order

Azzouni introduces a novel approach to the rule-following paradox, preserving the individual's ability to adhere to rules while steering clear of substituting truth conditions with mere assertability conditions in discussions of meaning. This work offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between individual rule-following and the philosophical implications for meaning.

Exploring the nature of mathematical knowledge, Jody Azzouni presents the idea that it possesses unique characteristics and methods for evidence collection. He delves into the distinct ways in which mathematical understanding is acquired, challenging conventional views on knowledge and evidence. Through his argument, Azzouni highlights the special status of mathematics in the realm of knowledge.

If we must take mathematical statements to be true, must we also believe in the existence of abstracta eternal invisible mathematical objects accessible only by the power of pure thought? Jody Azzouni says no, and he claims that the way to escape such commitments is to accept (as an essential part of scientific doctrine) true statements which are about objects that don't exist in any sense at all.Azzouni illustrates what the metaphysical landscape looks like once we avoid a militant Realism which forces our commitment to anything that our theories quantify. Escaping metaphysical straitjackets (such as the correspondence theory of truth), while retaining the insight that some truths are about objects that do exist, Azzouni says that we can sort scientifically-given objects into two ones which exist, and to which we forge instrumental access in order to learn their properties, and ones which do not, that is, which are made up in exactly the same sense that fictional objects are. He offers as a case study a small portion of Newtonian physics, and one result of his classification of its ontological commitments, is that it does not commit us to absolute space and time.