The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as...
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mathematics, he and his Harvard colleague Hilary Putnam developed the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical entities...
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In philosophy of mathematics, Putnam and W. V. O. Quine developed the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical...
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logic minimization Duhem–Quine thesis or Duhem–Quine problem, in philosophy of science Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, in the philosophy of mathematics...
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ISSN 2153-3393. Liggins, David (2008). "Quine, Putnam, and the 'Quine-Putnam' Indispensability Argument". Erkenntnis. 68 (1): 113–127. doi:10.1007/s10670-007-9081-y...
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to decide between competing theories. For example, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument defends mathematical Platonism, asserting that numbers exist...
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Science: Indispensability and Ontology is a 2012 book on the philosophy of mathematics by Sorin Bangu. It argues for an improved form of indispensability argument...
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mathematics including various forms of mathematical realism, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, mathematical fictionalism, mathematical explanation, the...
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mathematics is dispensable to science in opposition to the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument. Much of his current work is in semantic paradoxes. In 2008...
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The Indispensability of Mathematics is a 2001 book by Mark Colyvan in which he examines the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of...
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