Arithmetic, enumerative induction and size bias

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03198-1MaRDI QIDQ6147190zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Paseau

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03198-1

zbMATH Keywords

arithmeticenumerative inductionFregeGoldbach's conjectureinductioninductive scepticismmathematical justificationmathematicsMillnon-deductive methods in mathematicssize bias

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) First-order arithmetic and fragments (03F30) Connections of number theory and logic (11U99)

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