Formalism: Do Mathematical Statements Mean Anything?
Shapiro (Stewart)
Source: Shapiro - Thinking about Mathematics - The Philosophy of Mathematics, 2000, Chapter 6
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  1. Basic Views; Frege's Onslaught – 141
    … 1.1. Terms – 142
    … 1.2. Games – 144
  2. Deductivism: Hilbert's Grundlagen Der Geometrie – 148
  3. Finitism: The Hilbert Programme – 158
  4. Incompleteness – 165
  5. Curry – 168
  6. Further Reading – 171

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