Mathematics without numbers : towards a modal-structural interpretation /

Modal logic is combined with notions of part/whole (mereology) enabling a systematic interpretation of ordinary mathematical statements as asserting what would be the case in any (suitable) structure there (logically) might be, e.g. for number theory, functional analysis, algebra, pure geometry, etc...

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Main Author:	Hellman, Geoffrey
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1989.
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks Ser.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Mathematics Mathématiques. MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus. MATHEMATICS > Reference. MATHEMATICS > Essays. Wiskunde. Logica. Mathematics > Philosophy Mathematics > Theories Electronic books.
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