Science without numbers

DOI10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780198777915.001.0001MaRDI QIDQ2825462zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hartry Field

Publication date 13 October 2016

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198777915.001.0001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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