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A Defence of Nominalism

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A Defence of Nominalism

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
130

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Subjects
Mathematics, Nominalism, Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, philosophy

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1980, Blackwell
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Science without numbers: a defence of nominalism
1980, Princeton University Press
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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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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501
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Q175 .F477

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xiii, 130p.
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