Science Without Numbers; A Defence of Nominalism

Field, Hartry H.

Verlag: Basil Blackwell (1980), Oxford, 1980

Beschreibung

8vo. [7], viii-xiii, [1], 1-130 pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering blocked in red on the spine. Illustrated with a few in-text diagrams. An attractive copy of Field's first book, a defense of nominalism with respect to mathematical entities. Field argues that speaking as though mathematical entities (numbers, sets, etc.) exist is useful in scientific discourse, but ultimately we should deny the existence of such entities (contra the Quine-Putnam indispensibility argument according to which we have ontological commitment to the existence of such entities because they are required by our best scientific theories). A touch of rubbing to the jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000012261

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Science Without Numbers; A Defence of ...

Verlag: Basil Blackwell (1980), Oxford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1980

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: First edition.