Scientific Realism and the Indispensability Argument for Mathematical Realism: A Marriage Made in Hell

DOI10.1080/02698595.2011.623361zbMath1262.03017OpenAlexW1992511778MaRDI QIDQ4911853

Jacob Busch

Publication date: 20 March 2013

Published in: International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2011.623361

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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