On optimism and opportunism in applied mathematics: Mark Wilson meets John von Neumann on mathematical ontology

DOI10.1023/B:ERKE.0000005144.79761.02zbMATH Open1096.00001OpenAlexW2169298620MaRDI QIDQ1430117

Michael Stöltzner

Publication date: 27 May 2004

Published in: Erkenntnis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/b:erke.0000005144.79761.02

zbMATH Keywords

realismtruthquantum logicboundary valuesvibrating stringapplied mathematicsaxiomaticsDirichlet principlemathematical opportunismmathematical optimismsatellite equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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