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Indispensability Arguments in the Philosophy of Mathematics
URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mathphil-indis/
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From the fact that mathematics is indispensable to science, some philosophers have drawn serious metaphysical conclusions. In particular, Quine and Putnam have argued that the indispensability of mathematics to empirical science gives us good reason to believe in the existence of mathematical entities. From the Stanford Encyclopedia.