Platitudes in mathematics

DOI10.1007/S11229-014-0653-5MaRDI QIDQ514596zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Donaldson

Publication date 9 March 2017

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0653-5

zbMATH Keywords

QuineanalyticityCanberra planplatitudeRayotrivialism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of real functions (26-03) Foundations: limits and generalizations, elementary topology of the line (26A03)

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