American philosopher of mathematics who developed ante rem structuralism — mathematical objects are positions in structures that exist independently of their instantiations — and has written on philosophy of logic.
Ante rem structuralism: mathematics is the science of structure; mathematical objects are positions in structures; structures exist as abstract objects prior to any instantiation. Defended second-order logic as genuine logic against Quine's objections.
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