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Book Information
Author(s):
Penelope Maddy
Title:
Realism in mathematics
Additional book information:
Oxford University Press, London, 1993, ix + 204 pp., US$19.95. ISBN 0-19-824035-X
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Additional Information:
Reviewer(s):
Morris W.
Hirsch
Review Information:
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
32
(1995),
137-148.
DOI:
10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00552-5
PII:
S 0273-0979(1995)00552-5
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