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The linguistic status of mathematics

Springer International Publishing, (2015), 257-285
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21473-3_13
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Abstract

Mathematicians have often discussed mathematics as a language. Common linguistic categories have analogous mathematical objects. A comparison of linguistic categories and mathematical objects is developed with reference to the early history of mathematics.

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Ross, M. T. (2015). The linguistic status of mathematics. In Mathematics, Substance and Surmise: Views on the Meaning and Ontology of Mathematics (pp. 257–285). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21473-3_13

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