Optimus prime: paraphrasing prime number talk

DOI10.1007/s11229-011-9959-8zbMath1284.03106OpenAlexW2077951094MaRDI QIDQ2441761

Jonathan Tallant

Publication date: 28 March 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-011-9959-8

zbMATH Keywords

nominalismenhanced indispensability argumentindispensability argumentmathematical PlatonismBakerSaatsi

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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