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Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics Hardback - 1988

by John Bigelow

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Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be defined into existence, Bigelow here employs Armstrong's metaphysical materialism to cast new light on mathematics. He identifies natural, real, and imaginary numbers and sets with specified physical properties and relations and, by so doing, draws mathematics back from its sterile, abstract exile into the midst of the physical world.

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  • Title Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Author John Bigelow
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford
  • Publication date 1988-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780198249573 / 0198249578
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.86 x 5.86 x 0.76 in (22.50 x 14.88 x 1.93 cm)
  • Category Mathematics
  • Library of Congress subjects Set theory, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 87031454
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510.1
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