Throughout a number of these strands of thought there is agreement that
empirical knowledge of the world is a human construction. Beyond those cited, this
view is shared by Kant and his followers, who see any knowledge of the world as
shaped by innate mental categories of thought.
Scepticism concerning absolute empirical knowledge has grown to be the
dominant view. However, until Lakatos (1962) the full extension of scepticism to
mathematics was not made. Since then, it has gained partial acceptance, whilst