To counter this argument for this position, Hartry Field created a "nominalization" of Newtonian physics based upon qualitative relationships between points in spacetime. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this position. "Ontological commitment" to on account of our "best scientific theories" forms the basis of Quine and Putnam's "indispensability argument" for this position.
ANSWER: mathematical platonism [accept any answer the describes the position that mathematical objects really exist]
[10e] This thinker described adhering to Hilbert's "original rationalistic conception" of mathematics to defend platonism. This logician names two incompleteness theorems.
ANSWER: Kurt Gödel
[10h] This thinker used the example of the educations of Johnny and Ernie to attack mathematical platonism. He wrote "What Numbers Cannot Be."
ANSWER: Paul Benacerraf
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