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Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics

Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics

Hardcover

General MathematicsHistory & Philosophy of ScienceLogic

ISBN10: 0198249578
ISBN13: 9780198249573
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Sep 1 1988
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.86 Depth: 8.86
Language: English
Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be defined into existence, Bigelow here employs Armstrong's metaphysical materialism to cast new light on mathematics. He identifies natural, real, and imaginary numbers and sets with specified physical properties and relations and, by so doing, draws mathematics back from its sterile, abstract exile into the midst of the physical world.

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