Subject Index

A

Abelian groups, 202

Algebraic geometry, 121

Alikeness relation, 155–56

Analysis, 122

Analytic/synthetic distinction, 168

Antinominalism, 10, 134, 135

Antirealism, 4, 10, 12, 135–37

Approximation, 78

Arbitrariness, 120

Archimedean, 17, 30; axiom, 8, 15, 47, 79; condition, 67; in difference sequence (ds-Archimedean), 23; in standard differences (sd-Archimedean), 19; in standard sequences (ss-Archimedean), 18; intrinsically, 7, 17; ordered group, 26; property, 7

Archimedes’ law, 157, 158

Associativity, 5

Attributes: extensive, 3; intensive, 3

Automorphism, 25, 36–37; invariant under, 29

Axiomatization, 185

Axioms: empirical status of, 8, 53; nonnecessary, 68

B

Best explanation, argument from, 175

Boolean: algebra, 58, 202; algebras, ...

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