Mathematics dealing with `hypothetical states of things'

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/NKT040zbMATH Open1323.00052OpenAlexW2009809932MaRDI QIDQ3449307FDOQ3449307

Authors: Jessica Carter 

Publication date: 4 November 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkt040

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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