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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191519024
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Subject with No ObjectDDC classification:
  • 510.1
LOC classification:
  • QA8.4.B86
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND -- A. Introduction -- B. A Common Framework for Strategies -- PART II. THREE MAJOR STRATEGIES -- A. A Geometric Strategy -- B. A Purely Modal Strategy -- C. A Mixed Modal Strategy -- PART III. FURTHER STRATEGIES AND A PROVISIONAL ASSESSMENT -- A. Miscellaneous Strategies -- B. Strategies in the Literature -- C. Conclusion -- References -- Section Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: A Subject With No Object is a study of philosophical attempts to interpret mathematics in nominalistic terms, that is: to give an account of mathematics in terms of the doctrine that there are no such things as mathematical objects. Clear, concise, critical accounts are given of the various versions of nominalism that have played a significant role in the philosophy of mathematics in recent decades, making possible for the first time a proper comparative evaluation.
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Intro -- PREFACE -- Contents -- PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND -- A. Introduction -- B. A Common Framework for Strategies -- PART II. THREE MAJOR STRATEGIES -- A. A Geometric Strategy -- B. A Purely Modal Strategy -- C. A Mixed Modal Strategy -- PART III. FURTHER STRATEGIES AND A PROVISIONAL ASSESSMENT -- A. Miscellaneous Strategies -- B. Strategies in the Literature -- C. Conclusion -- References -- Section Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

A Subject With No Object is a study of philosophical attempts to interpret mathematics in nominalistic terms, that is: to give an account of mathematics in terms of the doctrine that there are no such things as mathematical objects. Clear, concise, critical accounts are given of the various versions of nominalism that have played a significant role in the philosophy of mathematics in recent decades, making possible for the first time a proper comparative evaluation.

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