Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics by Bigelow, John

Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198249573)

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Format: Hardcover
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Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics by Bigelow, John

Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics

$170.00
Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics by Bigelow, John

Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics

$170.00
Format: Hardcover
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Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be defined into existence, Bigelow here employs Armstrong's metaphysical materialism to cast new light on mathematics. He identifies natural, real, and imaginary numbers and sets with specified physical properties and relations and, by so doing, draws mathematics back from its sterile, abstract exile into the midst of the physical world.

Author: John Bigelow
ISBN-10: 0198249578
ISBN-13: 9780198249573
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1988
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.86h x 5.86w x 0.76d

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