{
  "id": "1809.08676",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2018-09-23T20:54:07.000Z",
  "updated": "2018-09-23T20:54:07.000Z",
  "title": "Naming the largest number: Exploring the boundary between mathematics and the philosophy of mathematics",
  "authors": [
    "David Simmons"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.LO"
  ],
  "abstract": "What is the largest number accessible to the human imagination? The question is neither entirely mathematical nor entirely philosophical. Mathematical formulations of the problem fall into two classes: those that fail to fully capture the spirit of the problem, and those that turn it back into a philosophical problem.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2018-09-23T20:54:07.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "mathematics",
      "philosophy",
      "human imagination",
      "problem fall",
      "largest number accessible"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}