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This is simply an exposition by a working mathematician of a rather unusual attitude towards mathematics and “foundations”.
This is an edited version of a paper presented to the Philosophy Seminar, Institute of mathematics PAN, Warsaw, in March 1982.
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Davis, C. (1990). Criticisms of the Usual Rationale for Validity in Mathematics. In: Irvine, A.D. (eds) Physicalism in Mathematics. The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1902-0_14
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