Grounding and the indispensability argument

DOI10.1007/S11229-014-0478-2MaRDI QIDQ516232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David Liggins

Publication date 14 March 2017

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/grounding-and-the-indispensability-argument(8402e475-7010-4d30-9f22-b56bc0874a03).html

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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