Applying mathematics. Immersion, inference, interpretation

DOI10.1093/OSO/9780198815044.001.0001MaRDI QIDQ4609443zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Otávio Bueno, Steven French

Publication date 29 March 2018

Published in Oxford Scholarship Online (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198815044.001.0001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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