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200 10$aPlatonism and anti-Platonism in mathematics$b[electronic resource] /$fMark Balaguer
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1998
215   $a1 online resource (228 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-514398-1 
311   $a0-19-512230-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 1 Introduction; 1. The Project of This Book; 2. Mathematical Platonism and Anti-Platonism; 3. Synopsis of the Book; ONE: Platonism; 2 The Epistemological Argument Against Platonism; 3 A New Platonist Epistemology; 4 Non-Uniqueness Embraced; TWO: Anti-Platonism; 5 The Fregean Argument Against Anti-Platonism; 6 Denying the Existence of Indispensable Applications: Toward a Nominalization of Quantum Mechanics; 7 Accounting for Indispensable Applications from a Fictionalist Point of View; THREE: Conclusions; 8 The Unsolvability of the Problem and a Kinder, Gentler Positivism; Notes
327   $aBibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
330   $aA demonstration of the value of both platonism and anti-platonism in the solution of mathematical problems. The author solves the important problems associated with both of the views, and demonstrates that it is inherently impossible for us to have a valid argument for or against mathematical platonism.
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