On mathematical instrumentalism
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On mathematical instrumentalism
In this paper we devise some technical tools for dealing with problems connected with the philosophical view usually called mathematical instrumentalism. These tools are interesting in their own right, independently of their philosophical consequences. For example, we show that even though the fragment of Peano’s Arithmetic known as IΣ1 is a conservative extension of the equational theory of Pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Symbolic Logic
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-4812,1943-5886
DOI: 10.2178/jsl/1122038914