The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is an argument in the philosophy of mathematics for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as...

mathematics, he and his Harvard colleague Hilary Putnam developed the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical entities...

In philosophy of mathematics, Putnam and W. V. O. Quine developed the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, an argument for the reality of mathematical...

because they are indispensable to scientific explanations of empirical phenomena. An altered form of the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, it differs...

logic minimization Duhem–Quine thesis or Duhem–Quine problem, in philosophy of science Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, in the philosophy of mathematics...

ISSN 2153-3393. Liggins, David (2008). "Quine, Putnam, and the 'Quine-Putnam' Indispensability Argument". Erkenntnis. 68 (1): 113–127. doi:10.1007/s10670-007-9081-y...

to decide between competing theories. For example, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument defends mathematical Platonism, asserting that numbers exist...

mathematics is dispensable to science in opposition to the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument. Much of his current work is in semantic paradoxes. In 2008...

Science: Indispensability and Ontology is a 2012 book on the philosophy of mathematics by Sorin Bangu. It argues for an improved form of indispensability argument...

mathematics including various forms of mathematical realism, the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, mathematical fictionalism, mathematical explanation, the...

has made important contributions to the debate over the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, where he argues for a "weaseling" approach to mathematical...

The Indispensability of Mathematics is a 2001 book by Mark Colyvan in which he examines the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of...

each have differing opinions on which is more correct. Quine-Putnam indispensability is an argument for the existence of mathematical objects based on their...

introduces Takiff algebras. The Quine–Putnam indispensability argument is first presented explicitly, by Hilary Putnam in his book Philosophy of Logic...

formulated by W. V. O. Quine and Hilary Putnam, is primarily supported by the indispensability argument: mathematics is indispensable to all empirical sciences...

discussion has a connection to the Carnap–Quine argument over analytic and synthetic objects. Although Quine refers to 'ontological commitment' in this...

perceive mathematical objects directly. Quine and Putnam argued for platonism with the indispensability argument. Crispin Wright, along with Bob Hale, led...

Amsterdam/New York, NY: Rodopi, 2006, pp. 11–20. "On Frege's Alleged Indispensability Argument," in Philosophia Mathematica (III) 13(2005), pp. 160–173. "Esiste...

This argument by Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam says (in Putnam's shorter words), ... quantification over mathematical entities is indispensable for science ...

thesis. In addition, a rationalist can choose to adopt the claim of Indispensability of Reason and or the claim of Superiority of Reason, although one can...

W.V. Quine (1960) and Churchland (1981) Realism, advocated by Jerry Fodor (1975), as well as Burge, Dretske, Kripke, and the early Hilary Putnam those...

share all the same properties. indispensability argument An argument suggesting that if a mathematical entity is indispensable to our best scientific theories...

criticizing empiricists and pragmatists who dismiss it (such as W. V. O. Quine and Richard Rorty). In 1980, in his essay Externalist theories of empirical...

was saying. In 1954 W. V. O. Quine claimed to prove the reducibility of larger predicates to dyadic predicates, in Quine, W.V.O., "Reduction to a Dyadic...

Davidson, Michael Dummett, Saul Kripke, Thomas Nagel, Hilary Putnam, Willard Van Orman Quine, and John Searle. Chomsky's contributions span intellectual...

Descartes offers proofs of a benevolent God (the trademark argument and the ontological argument respectively). Descartes has faith in the account of reality...

Retrieved 10 June 2023. Decock, Lieven (2002). "Quine's Weak and Strong Indispensability Argument". Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 33 (2):...

Willard Van Orman Quine. He had decided to transfer to Harvard after reading Quine's From a Logical Point of View and, thinking that Quine was wrong about...

Transcendental Arguments, and Skepticism in German Idealism, has been described as a "brilliant and highly stimulating book," "a truly indispensable book," which...

variety of methods and perspectives. Believing the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, he helped formulate the doctrine of original sin and...