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Science without Numbers
Science without Numbers
Author: Hartry Field
Science Without Numbers caused a stir in philosophy on its original publication in 1980, with its bold nominalist approach to the ontology of mathematics and science. Hartry Field argues that we can explain the utility of mathematics without assuming it true. Part of the argument is that good mathematics has a special feature ("conservativeness"...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198777922
ISBN-10: 0198777922
Publication Date: 12/27/2016
Pages: 176
Edition: 2
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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