Plato's ghost. The modernist transformation of mathematics

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Publication date: 29 October 2008

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History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Development of contemporary mathematics (01A65)

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