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| 041 | _aeng | ||
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_a51 _bBUR |
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| 100 | _aBurgess, John P. | ||
| 245 |
_aSubject with No Object : _bStrategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics |
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| 260 |
_aOxford _bClaredon Press _c1999 |
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| 300 | _ax,259 p | ||
| 505 | _aPART I: PHILOSOPHICAL AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND; PART II: THREE MAJOR STRATEGIES; PART III: FURTHER STRATEGIES AND A PROVISIONAL ASSESSMENT | ||
| 520 | _aNumbers and other mathematical objects are exceptional in having no locations in space or time and no causes or effects in the physical world. This makes it difficult to account for the possibility of mathematical knowledge, leading many philosophers to embrace nominalism, the doctrine that there are no abstract entitles, and to embark on ambitious projects for interpreting mathematics so as to preserve the subject while eliminating its objects | ||
| 650 | _aMathematics - Philosophy | ||
| 690 | _aMathematics | ||
| 700 | _aRosen, Gideon | ||
| 942 | _cBK | ||
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_c15617 _d15617 |
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