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Quine-Putnam indispensability argument
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Etymology
Named after the philosophers Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam.
Proper noun
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en math philosophy An argument for the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets, based on the fact that they are indispensable to the best scientific theories.
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