Nominalism and constructivism in seventeenth-century mathematical philosophy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sepkoski, David, 1972-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London : Routledge, 2007.
Series:	Routledge studies in seventeenth-century philosophy ; 11.
Subjects:	Mathematics > Philosophy > Early works to 1800. Mathematics > Early works to 1800. Science > Mathematics > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Introduction : mathematization and the 'language of nature'
Realists and nominalists : language and mathematics before the scientific revolution
Ontology recapitulates epistemology : Gassendi, epicurean atomism, and nominalism
British empiricism, nominalism, and constructivism
Three mathematicians : constructivist epistemology and the new mathematical methods
Conclusion : mathematization and the nature of language.