Quine-Putnam indispensability argument (English, name)
expansion: the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An argument for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, based on the fact that they are indispensable to the best scientific theories.
Forms:
form: the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument
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