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Mathematics and reality /

Mary Leng defends a philosophical account of the nature of mathematics which views it as a kind of fiction (albeit an extremely useful fiction).

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leng, Mary
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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