Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics

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.


Author: John Bigelow
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 09/01/1988
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.86h x 5.86w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780198249573

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