Definition of "nominalist" []

• An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism. (noun)

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• "Thus, if the paraphrase nominalist view is going to be a genuine alternative to fictionalism, it has to involve the thesis that the paraphrases that nominalists are offering capture the real meanings of ordinary mathematical sentences."
• "(For a good in-depth discussion and critique of the various paraphrase nominalist views, see Burgess and Rosen (1997).)"
• "In sum, then, the idea here is that fictionalists about pure mathematics can endorse a paraphrase nominalist view of mixed mathematical sentences."