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Stevin Numbers and Reality
Foundations of Science 17 (2):109-123 (2012)
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We explore the potential of Simon Stevin’s numbers, obscured by shifting foundational biases and by 19th century developments in the arithmetisation of analysis.DOI
10.1007/s10699-011-9228-9
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Mathematics Without Numbers: Towards a Modal-Structural Interpretation.Geoffrey Hellman - 1989 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
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