Trending Bestseller

A Subject with No Object

Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics

No reviews yet Write a Review
Hardback
01 August 2001
$186.85
Ships in 3-5 business days

Delivery estimate

Hurry up! Current stock:
Numbers and other mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time and no causes or effects in the physical world. This makes it difficult to account for the possibility of mathematical knowledge, leading many philosophers to embrace nominalism, the doctrine that there are no abstract entitles, and to embark on ambitious projects for interpreting mathematics so as to preserve the subject while eliminating its objects. A Subject With No Object cuts through a host of technicalities that have obscured previous discussions of these projects, and presents clear, concise accounts, with minimal prerequisites, of a dozen strategies for nominalistic interpretation of mathematics, thus equipping the reader to evaluate each and to compare different ones. The authors also offer critical discussion, rare in the literature, of the aims and claims of nominalistic interpretation, suggesting that it is significant in a very different way from that usually assumed.

You Can Find This Title In

    Product Details
    ISBN-13
    9780198236153
    Author
    John P. Burgess
    Publisher
    Oxford University Press
    Published
    01 August 2001
    Format
    Hardback

    This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!

    $186.85
    Ships in 3-5 business days

    Delivery estimate

    Hurry up! Current stock:

    A Subject with No Object

    $186.85

    Description

    Numbers and other mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time and no causes or effects in the physical world. This makes it difficult to account for the possibility of mathematical knowledge, leading many philosophers to embrace nominalism, the doctrine that there are no abstract entitles, and to embark on ambitious projects for interpreting mathematics so as to preserve the subject while eliminating its objects. A Subject With No Object cuts through a host of technicalities that have obscured previous discussions of these projects, and presents clear, concise accounts, with minimal prerequisites, of a dozen strategies for nominalistic interpretation of mathematics, thus equipping the reader to evaluate each and to compare different ones. The authors also offer critical discussion, rare in the literature, of the aims and claims of nominalistic interpretation, suggesting that it is significant in a very different way from that usually assumed.

    You Can Find This Title In

      This Title Is Categorised As