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- adjective Of or relating to Anthony Burgess (John Anthony Burgess Wilson, 1917–1993), English writer and critic.
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Burgess + -ian
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This is in contrast to uniform naturalisms in the philosophy of mathematics, for example Quinean scientific naturalism, or Burgessian mathematical-cum-scientific naturalism, or a uniformly mathematical naturalism (also suggested by Maddy (1997) but in our view ultimately not advocated there).
Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics Paseau, Alexander 2008
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