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A Subject with No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics Paperback - 2000

by John P. Burgess; Gideon Rosen


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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 through a host of technicalities that have obscured previous discussions of these projects, and presents clear, concise accounts 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.

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  • Title A Subject with No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics
  • Author John P. Burgess; Gideon Rosen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition n
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, Oxford
  • Date 2000-04-20
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780198250128 / 0198250126
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 5.64 x 0.58 in (21.49 x 14.33 x 1.47 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510.1
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