Why I am not a nominalist
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چکیده
Nominalists think there are no mathematical objects, henceforth, "numbers." Here is how the debate about nominalism has sometimes been presented. First there's the argument AGAINST, credited to Quine: numbers are indispensable to natural science, hence they exist. Then there's the argument FOR nominalism: they are not (indispensable) either, which leaves us no reason to think that they exist. It seems to me this gives a doubly misleading account of the dialectical situation. It misrepresents both the Quinean argument and the form a proper response would take.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983