Foundations of Mathematics: Reliability and Clarity: The Explanatory Role of Mathematical Induction

DOI10.1007/978-3-662-52921-8_5zbMath1482.00008OpenAlexW2476100310MaRDI QIDQ2820685

John T. Baldwin

Publication date: 9 September 2016

Published in: Logic, Language, Information, and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52921-8_5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Methodology of mathematics (00A35)

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