A Subject With No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics

John P. Burgess and Gideon Rosen

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ISBN 10: 0198250126 ISBN 13: 9780198250128

Published by Oxford University Press, 1999

Language: English

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Softcover. xii,259. Near fine condition. Small name stamp on the half-title. Light ordinary shelfwear to the covers and edges. Fore-edge has a bow; this could be rectified with pressing techniques. Otherwise pristine. See photographs. If you order this from outside the United States, we are almost certain to request an additional payment to help cover the postage. Dimensions: 5.375 x 8.5 x .375 inches. Weight: 321 grams. Every order includes tracking and is wrapped and robustly packaged with care in Tucson, AZ. ~Mesquite Booksellers.

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A Subject With No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0198250126

ISBN 13

9780198250128

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Near Fine

Dimensions

Weight

321 grams

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Numbers and other mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time or relations of cause and effect. This makes it difficult to account for the possibility of the knowledge of such objects, leading many philosophers to embrace nominalism, the doctrine that there are no such objects, and to embark on ambitious projects for interpreting mathematics so as to preserve the subject while eliminating its objects. This book cuts through a host of technicalities that have obscured previous discussions of these projects, and presents clear, concise accounts of a dozen strategies for nominalistic interpretation of mathematics, thus equipping the reader to evaluate each and to compare different ones. The authors also offer critical discussion, rare in the literature, of the aims and claims of nominalistic interpretation, suggesting that it is significant in a very different way from that usually assumed.

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Gideon Rosen is Assistant Professor at Princeton University's Department of Philosophy.

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