About Joseph Melia
Born 1935. Joseph Melia is a British philosopher and research fellow.
Joseph Melia is a philosopher working in the areas of philosophy of mathematics, modal logic and possible worlds. He has made important contributions to the debate over the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument, where he argues for a "weaseling" approach to mathematical nominalism. He has also argued against modalism and the modal realism of David Lewis.
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British philosopher
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Joseph Melia was born in 1935.
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Joseph Melia is a philosopher and research fellow.
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