Mathematics Without Numbers: Towards a Modal-Structural Interpretation

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (1989)
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Develops a structuralist understanding of mathematics, as an alternative to set- or type-theoretic foundations, that respects classical mathematical truth while ...

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0198240341   9780198240341   1892391775   0198249349

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10.2307/2185960
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