The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as...

mathematics, he and his Harvard colleague Hilary Putnam developed the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical entities...

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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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...

to decide between competing theories. For example, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument defends mathematical Platonism, asserting that numbers exist...

mathematics including various forms of mathematical realism, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, mathematical fictionalism, mathematical explanation, the...

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...

mathematics is dispensable to science in opposition to the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument. Much of his current work is in semantic paradoxes. In 2008...

The Indispensability of Mathematics is a 2001 book by Mark Colyvan in which he examines the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of...