Space, Number and Structure: A Tale of Two Debates

DOI10.1093/PHILMAT/4.2.148MaRDI QIDQ4213938zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stewart Shapiro

Publication date 25 March 1999

Published in Philosophia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/4.2.148

zbMATH Keywords

ante rem structuralismaxiomaticsconventionalismemergence of structuralism in 19th century mathematicsEuclidean geometryfoundationsfoundations of geometryimplicit definitionsin re structuralismmetamathematicsrealismstructures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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