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MODULARITY IN MATHEMATICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2018

JEREMY AVIGAD
JEREMY AVIGAD*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University
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*DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PITTSBURGH, PA 15213, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In a wide range of fields, the word “modular” is used to describe complex systems that can be decomposed into smaller systems with limited interactions between them. This essay argues that mathematical knowledge can fruitfully be understood as having a modular structure and explores the ways in which modularity in mathematics is epistemically advantageous.

Keywords

00A3000A3503A05modularityphilosophy of mathematicsmathematical practice
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Research Article
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The Review of Symbolic Logic , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 47 - 79
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2018 

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