Even if FBP dissolves the ontological question, epistemological access to the specific content of mathematical truths remains unexplained, as Hartry Field argues in 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality'.

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Epistemological(Describing what type of criterion Descartes's test is): Having to do with how we know things and what counts as real knowledge, rather than questions about what actually exists.
Epistemological access(in describing the problem with mathematical truths): The ability to actually know something or gain knowledge about it. If you have 'access' to something, you can reach it or understand it.
FBP(Philosophy of mathematics): Full-Blooded Platonism — Balaguer's term for plenitudinous platonism, the view that abstract mathematical objects exist plenitudinously
Hartry Field(the author of the nominalist program discussed): A contemporary philosopher who developed a theory showing that we might not actually need to believe in abstract objects (like numbers) even though they seem useful in science and math.

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Ontological

"Ontological" refers to questions about what actually exists or is real. It's concerned with the fundamental nature of being—asking "What kinds of things are there?" rather than "How do we know about them?" For example, an ontological question might be whether numbers, ideas, or God actually exist as real things, or if they're just human inventions.

Even if FBP dissolves the ontological question, epistemological access to the specific content of mathematical truths remains unexplained, as Hartry Field argues in 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality'.

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