Mathematical instrumentalism meets the conjunction objection

Journal of Philosophical Logic

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-397

  Hawthorne, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0039301498     PISSN: 00223611     EISSN: 15730433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00249665     Document Type: Article

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