KnowraFormalismLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Formalism, each with the reason it gives.All 16Related 3Compared with 13Historical criticismCompared with: It prioritizes textual organization over the conditions of a work’s production.Gottlob FregeCompared with: Frege opposed accounts that made arithmetic merely a manipulation of symbols.Principia MathematicaCompared with: The book’s notation invited formalist readings, though its authors sought logical meaning beneath the symbols.Foundations of mathematicsCompared with: It locates mathematical rigor in formal manipulation, unlike programs centered on mathematical objects.MathematicsCompared with: It contrasts with views that regard mathematical objects as independently existing entities.Economic anthropologyCompared with: It challenges substantivism by treating economic reasoning as broadly comparable across societies.Mikhail BakhtinCompared with: Bakhtin challenged accounts that detached literary form from social language and historical life.LogicismCompared with: It explains mathematics through formal manipulation rather than reduction to logical meaning.Reception historyCompared with: It prioritizes textual structure over historical patterns of use and interpretation.Philosophy of mathematicsCompared with: It explains mathematical practice through rule-governed symbol manipulation rather than abstract objects.PsychologismCompared with: It grounds mathematical practice in formal systems rather than psychological facts.Number (mathematics)Compared with: Formalism explains numbers through axioms and rules rather than independent abstract existence.Paul BénichouCompared with: His studies foreground the historical roles and beliefs surrounding literary forms.