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  1. Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, 08544, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Edward Nelson

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This article is adapted from a talk given by the author at the Congress on Logic, Methodology, and the Philosophy of Science, Uppsala, 1991.

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Nelson, E. Taking formalism seriously. The Mathematical Intelligencer 15, 8–11 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024251

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