The Burgess-Rosen critique of nominalistic reconstructions

Philosophia Mathematica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-78

  Chihara, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847349008     PISSN: 00318019     EISSN: 17446406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/philmat/nkl023     Document Type: Article

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