Philosophical Problems of Mathematics in the Light of Evolutionary Epistemology
Séminaire de Philosophie et Mathématiques, no. 6 (1988), pp. 1-30.
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Rav, Yehuda. Philosophical Problems of Mathematics in the Light of Evolutionary Epistemology. Séminaire de Philosophie et Mathématiques, no. 6 (1988), pp. 1-30. http://www.numdam.org/item/SPHM_1988___6_A1_0/

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