A Subject with No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics

by Gideon Rosen and John P. Burgess

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Numbers and other mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time or relations of cause and effect. This makes it difficult to account for the possibility of the knowledge of such objects, leading many philosophers to embrace nominalism, the doctrine that there are no such objects, and to embark on ambitious projects for interpreting mathematics so as to preserve the subject while eliminating its objects. This book cuts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198250126

ISBN13:9780198250128

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Consciousness & Thought Logic Logic & Language Mathematics Metaphysics Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math

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