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Mathematical theories as models
pp. 291-307
Abstract
The thoughts in this paper follow a suggestion by Reuben Hersh that pluralists think of mathematical theories as models of other parts of mathematics. Through this lens, the totality of "mathematics' is then a game of interpretation of one theory by another. As a discipline, mathematics is sui generis.
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Published in:
Sriraman Bharath (2017) Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy: essays celebrating the 90th birthday of Reuben Hersh. Basel, Birkhäuser.
Pages: 291-307
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_21
Full citation:
Friend Michèle (2017) „Mathematical theories as models“, In: B. Sriraman (ed.), Humanizing mathematics and its philosophy, Basel, Birkhäuser, 291–307.