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Mancosu, P., Marion, M. (2003). Wittgenstein’s Constructivization of Euler’s Proof of the Infinity of Primes. In: Stadler, F. (eds) The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48214-2_15
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