Lexicon of Arguments

Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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II 11
Discovery/Genz: an invented theory that proves itself becomes a discovery.
II 183
Invention/discovery/Genz: question: whether the theorems of mathematics are inventions (constructivism) or discoveries (platonic):
Genz: it is not clear to anyone what verifiable statements could serve to distinguish these two opinions. That is what makes the argument so attractive.
>Criteria, >Constructivism, >Platonism, >Mathematics.

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