Subject with no object, a: strategies for nominalistic interpretation of mathematics
Auteur :
Burgess, John P. / Rosen, Gideon
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198250128
Date de publication :
2 déc. 1999
Dimensions :
21,4 x 13,7 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
391 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time or relations of cause and effect. Thus it is difficult to account for the possibility of knowledge of these objects. This text offers an account of a dozen strategies for a nominalistic interpretation of mathmatics.