Categories for the working mathematician: making the impossible possible

DOI10.1007/s11229-007-9166-9zbMath1151.00009OpenAlexW2086862344MaRDI QIDQ928741

Jessica Carter

Publication date: 11 June 2008

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-007-9166-9

zbMATH Keywords

NecessityPhilosophy of mathematical practice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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