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Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics

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Link URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mathphil-indis/
Link Details: From the fact that mathematics is indispensable to science, some philosophers have drawn serious metaphysical conclusions. In particular, Quine and Putnam have argued that the indispensability of mathematics to empirical science gives us good reason to b
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