Mathematics as language

In Adam Morton & Stephen P. Stich (eds.), Benacerraf and His Critics. Blackwell. pp. 213--227 (1996)
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I discuss ways in which the linguistic form of mathimatics helps us think mathematically

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Adam Morton
PhD: Princeton University; Last affiliation: University of British Columbia

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