Stairway to heaven: the abstract method and levels of abstraction in mathematics

DOI10.1007/s00283-016-9672-zzbMath1361.00005OpenAlexW2516609409MaRDI QIDQ517895

Jean-Pierre Marquis

Publication date: 28 March 2017

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19804

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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