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Mathematics, Nominalism, Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, philosophyShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Science Without Numbers: A Defence of Nominalism
1980, Princeton University Press
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Science without numbers: a defence of nominalism
1980, Princeton University Press
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Science without numbers: a defence of nominalism
1980, Blackwell
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Contents
Page v
Preface
Page vii
Preliminary Remarks
Page 1
1.
Why the Utility of Mathematical Entities is Unlike the Utility of Theoretical Entities
Page 7
Appx.
On Conservativeness
Page 16
2.
First Illustration of Why Mathematical Entities are Useful: Arithmetic
Page 20
3.
Second Illustration of Why Mathematical Entities are Useful: Geometry and Distance
Page 24
4.
Nominalism and the Structure of Physical Space
Page 30
5.
My Strategy for Nominalizing Physics, and its Advantages
Page 41
6.
A Nominalistic Treatment of Newtonian Space-Time
Page 47
7.
A Nominalistic Treatment of Quantities, and a Preview of a Nominalistic Treatment of the Laws involving them
Page 55
8.
Newtonian Gravitational Theory Nominalized
Page 61
A.
Continuity
Page 61
B.
Products and Ratios
Page 64
C.
Signed Products and Ratios
Page 68
D.
Derivatives
Page 70
E.
Second (and Higher) Derivatives
Page 74
F.
Laplaceans
Page 76
G.
Poisson’s Equation
Page 78
H.
Inner Products
Page 81
I.
Gradients
Page 84
J.
Differentiation of Vector Fields
Page 85
K.
The Law of Motion
Page 88
L.
General Remarks
Page 89
9.
Logic and Ontology
Page 92
Notes
Page 107
Index
Page 128
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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