Nominalism about mathematics (or mathematical nominalism) is the view according to which
either mathematical objects, relations, and structures do not exist at all, or they do not exist …

Abstract Ontic Structural Realism is a version of realism about science according to which by
positing the existence of structures, understood as basic components of reality, one can …

In this paper, I provide an easy road to nominalism which does not rely on a Field-type
nominalization strategy for mathematics (Field 1980). According to this proposal …

Taking the Easy Road Out of Dodge Page 1 Taking the Easy Road Out of Dodge1 JODY
AZZOUNI Tufts University jody. azzouni@tufts. edu I defend my nominalist account of …

ABSTRACT 'Abstract expressionist'accounts of applied mathematics seek to avoid the
apparent Platonistic commitments of our scientific theories by holding that we ought only to …

In this paper, I examine Putnam's nuanced views in the philosophy of mathematics,
distinguishing three proposals: modalism (an interpretation of mathematics in terms of modal …

O nominalismo quanto à matemática (ou nominalismo matemático) é a perspectiva segundo
a qual ou os objetos, as relações e as estruturas matemáticas não existem de todo em todo …

Fictionalism accepts the neo-Quinean criterion of ontological commitment but denies that
sentences involving quantification over or singular terms referring to abstract objects are …

I challenge a claim that seems to be made when nominalists offer reformulations of the
content of mathematical beliefs, namely that these reformulations are accessible to …

Nominalists think that there are no mathematical objects. According to received wisdom, our
best scientific theories contain claims (such as “the atomic weight of beryllium is 9.012182” …