On What There is—Infinitesimals and the Nature of Numbers

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 58 (1):57-79 (2015)
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This essay will be divided into three parts. In the first part, we discuss the case of infintesimals seen as a bridge between the discrete and the continuous. This leads in the second part to a discussion of the nature of numbers. In the last part, we follow up with some observations on the obvious applicability of mathematics

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10.1080/0020174x.2015.978535

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