The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology

This examination of a series of philosophical issues arising from the applicability of mathematics to science consists of scientifically-informed philosophical analysis and argument. One distinctive feature of this project is that it proposes to look at issues in philosophy of mathematics within the larger context of philosophy of science.

Author: S. Bangu
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/24/2012
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230285200

About the Author
SORIN BANGU is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. His main interests and publications are in philosophy of science and mathematics, and the history of analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein and Quine).