A Historically and Philosophically Informed Approach to Mathematical Metaphors

DOI10.1080/02698595.2013.813257zbMATH Open1311.00013OpenAlexW2124605875MaRDI QIDQ5250255FDOQ5250255

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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