Nominalism and constructivism in seventeenth-century mathematical philosophy

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2003.09.002zbMath1078.01008OpenAlexW4298287499WikidataQ54152684 ScholiaQ54152684MaRDI QIDQ1776883

David Sepkoski

Publication date: 12 May 2005

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2003.09.002

zbMATH Keywords

nominalismconstructivismmathematical philosophy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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