Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all?

South African Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Hacking, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

A priori; Application; Kant; Necessity; Philosophy of mathematics; Plato

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875729371     PISSN: 02580136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajpem.v30i1.64407     Document Type: Article

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