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An Analysis Of Quine's ``Ontological Reduction And The World Of Numbers''

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A detailed analysis of Quine's paper on ontologicalreduction shows that the proxy-function requirement, in hischaracterization of the concept of ontological reduction,is superfluous for blocking Pythagoreism and inappropriate for a generalblockade of ontological monism.

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Iwan, S. An Analysis Of Quine's ``Ontological Reduction And The World Of Numbers''. Erkenntnis 53, 195–218 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005636612532

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