Can one be a fictionalist and a platonist at the same time? Lessons from Leibniz
Drawing on Leibniz’ thinking, this paper advocates two claims. Firstly, a continuous path can be drawn from the use of fictions inside mathematics, a widespread practice in the 16th and 17th centuries, to the use of mathematical entities as fictions outside mathematics (i.e. when it comes to employi...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Noesis
2024
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |