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Full Idea
Against extreme views that all mathematical objects depend on the structures to which they belong, or that none do, I defend a compromise view, that structuralists are right about algebraic objects (roughly), but anti-structuralists are right about sets.
Gist of Idea
Structuralism is right about algebra, but wrong about sets
Source
Øystein Linnebo (Structuralism and the Notion of Dependence [2008], Intro)
Book Ref
-: 'The Philosophical Quarterly' [-], p.59