A Historically and Philosophically Informed Approach to Mathematical Metaphors

DOI10.1080/02698595.2013.813257MaRDI QIDQ5250255zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Roi Wagner

Publication date 19 May 2015

Published in International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/121491

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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