Quine-Putnam indispensability argument

English

Etymology

Named after the philosophers Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam.

Proper noun

the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument

  1. (philosophy, mathematics) 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.
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