English Explanatory Dictionary

Quine-Putnam indispensability argument

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An argument for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, based on the fact that they are indispensable to the best scientific theories.

Word forms

Quine-Putnam indispensability argument the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument

Etymology

Named after the philosophers Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam.

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