A fictionalist account of the indispensable applications of mathematics

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-314

  Balaguer, Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039301548     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00364610     Document Type: Article

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