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    Abramson

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy of Mathematics

    Abramson is a contemporary philosopher working in the philosophy of mathematics and computation, known for contributions to debates surrounding the Church-Turing thesis and its epistemological status. Their work challenges the assumption that Turing's thesis admits of formal mathematical demonstration, situating it instead as an informal conceptual claim.

    Notable Achievements

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    Argued that Turing's thesis cannot be established by mathematical proof due to its informal, intuitive character

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    Contributed to philosophical analysis of the limits of formal systems in capturing computational notions

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    Engaged with debates on the epistemic status of Church-Turing equivalence claims

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    Skepticism

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    Turing's thesis is not susceptible to mathematical proof

    Truth & Knowledge

    claim

    Turing's thesis is not susceptible to mathematical proof

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    Analytic Philosophy of Mathematics

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