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Quine–Putnam indispensability argument: History & Science
The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, a position known as mathematical platonism. It was named after the philosophers Willard Van Orman Quine and Hilary Putnam, and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of…
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Bridge connections
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Major concepts · 49 topics
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Overview · 23 topics
Influence · 12 topics
Background · 8 topics
Overview of the argument · 8 topics
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Quine–Putnam indispensability argument
6Philosophy of mathematics · Abstract and concrete · Mathematical object
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How Quine–Putnam indispensability argument connects Entity context
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The extracted context around Quine–Putnam indispensability argument shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → According, Approaches, Chihara, Colyvan, Colyvan's, Easy Road Nominalism, Field, Field's, Hard Road Nominalism, Ian Hacking, Maddy, Melia, Ontology, Putnam, Putnam's, Quine, Quine's, Science Without Numbers, Vicious Circle Principle Another extracted example is Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → According, Alvin Plantinga, David Armstrong, David Enoch, David Lewis, Enoch, Enoch's, Graeme Forbes, Philosophy, Plurality, Putnam, Putnam's, Quine, Quine's, Stanford Encyclopedia, Therefore, Worlds. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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related to Continued development of the argument· 19
Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → According, Approaches, Chihara, Colyvan, Colyvan's, Easy Road Nominalism, Field, Field's, Hard Road Nominalism, Ian Hacking, Maddy, Melia, Ontology, Putnam, Putnam's, Quine, Quine's, Science Without Numbers, Vicious Circle Principle
related to Influence· 17
Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → According, Alvin Plantinga, David Armstrong, David Enoch, David Lewis, Enoch, Enoch's, Graeme Forbes, Philosophy, Plurality, Putnam, Putnam's, Quine, Quine's, Stanford Encyclopedia, Therefore, Worlds
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Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets
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TTTA extracted 88 structured relationships around Quine–Putnam indispensability argument. Examples in this analysis include Quine–Putnam indispensability argument → is a → argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets and numbers → instance of → Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets
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Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects
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Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects
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a position known as mathematical platonism
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Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects
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Gottlob Frege
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and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.Although elements of the indispensability argument may have originated with thinkers
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Kurt Gödel
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and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.Although elements of the indispensability argument may have originated with thinkers
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Quine's development of the argument was unique for introducing to it a number of his philosophical positions such as naturalism
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and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.Although elements of the indispensability argument may have originated with thinkers
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confirmational holism
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and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.Although elements of the indispensability argument may have originated with thinkers
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and the criterion of ontological commitment
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and is one of the most important arguments in the philosophy of mathematics.Although elements of the indispensability argument may have originated with thinkers
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numbers
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Platonism holds that there exist abstract mathematical objects
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sets whilst nominalism denies their existence
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Platonism holds that there exist abstract mathematical objects
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electrons or quarks
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The argument is mainly aimed at nominalists that are scientific realists as it attempts to justify belief in mathematical entities in a manner similar to the justification for b…
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Quine–Putnam indispensability argument
Nodes133
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Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
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