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A subject with no object : strategies for nominalistic interpretation of mathematics /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, John P., 1948-
Other Authors: Rosen, Gideon A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Mathematics > Philosophy
MATHEMATICS.
Logic.
PHILOSOPHY.
Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191597138
0191597139
9780191519024
0191519022