The Indispensability of Mathematics

The Indispensability of Mathematics
Author: Mark Colyvan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0195166612

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Annotation. The Quine-Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of mathematics urges us to place mathematical entities on the same ontological footing as other theoretical entities essential to our best scientific theories. Recently, the argument has come under serious scrutiny, with manyinfluential philosophers unconvinced of its cogency. This book not only outlines the indispensability argument in considerable detail but also defends it against various challenges.


The Indispensability of Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Mark Colyvan
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

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Annotation. The Quine-Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of mathematics urges us to place mathematical entities on the same ontological footing
The Indispensability of Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Mark Colyvan
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-03-22 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Mark Colyvan
Categories: Mathematics
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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 199
Authors: Mark Colyvan
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Mathematics and Reality
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Mary Leng
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04-22 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Mary Leng offers a defense of mathematical fictionalism, according to which we have no reason to believe that there are any mathematical objects. Perhaps the mo