Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics presents an account of virtue that relates it to the function of man, that for the sake of which man exists. According to Aristotle, man, by virtue of being what he is, i.e., human, has a characteristic function which provides the basis for understanding what it means to be virtuous, and, conversely,…
I. Introduction Throughout the history of mathematical thought, the age-old philosophical debate between realism and nominalism has produced various perspectives on the ontological status of abstract entities such as functions, numbers, and sets, the most notable of which include intuitionism (or constructivism), formalism, fictionalism, and indispensabilist platonism. According to the predominant position held by mathematical…