scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1418432

MaRDI QIDQ4941986zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Geoffrey Hellman

Publication date 25 September 2000

zbMATH Keywords

applicability of mathematicsempiricismhigher-order arithmeticindispensability argumentsmodal-structural mathematicsphilosophy of mathematicsphilosophy of science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Second- and higher-order arithmetic and fragments (03F35)

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