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    Christiansen — Carmelics
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    Christiansen

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    David Christiansen is a contemporary philosopher working primarily in epistemology and philosophy of mathematics. He is known for critical engagement with platonist arguments, particularly challenging eliminativist defenses of mathematical platonism.

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    Critiqued Jerrold Katz's argument by elimination for mathematical platonism

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    Contributions to epistemology of disagreement

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    Work in philosophy of mathematics on realism and anti-realism debates

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    Katz's argument by elimination for platonism fails

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    Katz's argument by elimination for platonism fails

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