Quine-Putnam indispensability argument en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after the philosophers Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam.
Meanings
- 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
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