Mathematical application and the no confirmation thesis

DOI10.1093/ANALYS/ANZ021MaRDI QIDQ5883493zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kenneth Boyce

Publication date 21 March 2023

Published in Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anz021

zbMATH Keywords

confirmationindispensability argumentsmathematical applicationmathematical realism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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