Handling mathematical objects: representations and context

DOI10.1007/S11229-012-0241-5MaRDI QIDQ484901zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jessica Carter

Publication date 8 January 2015

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0241-5

zbMATH Keywords

contextfictionalismmathematical practicereferencerepresentationsRiemanntruth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Methodology of mathematics (00A35)

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