Should scientific realists be Platonists?

DOI10.1007/s11229-015-0676-6zbMath1358.00094OpenAlexW2089587703MaRDI QIDQ516225

Jacob Busch, Joe Morrison

Publication date: 14 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/14525556/Should_scientific_realists_be_Platonists.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of sciencePlatonismphilosophy of mathematicsinference to the best explanationscientific realismindispensability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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