Deflating Existential Commitment - A Case for Nominalism (Hardcover, New)


If we take mathematical statements to be true, then must we also believe in the existence of invisible mathematical objects, accessible only by the power of thought? Jody Azzouni says we do not, and claims that the way to escape such a commitment is to accept - as an essential part of scientific doctrine - true statesments which are 'about' objects which don't exist in any real sense.

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If we take mathematical statements to be true, then must we also believe in the existence of invisible mathematical objects, accessible only by the power of thought? Jody Azzouni says we do not, and claims that the way to escape such a commitment is to accept - as an essential part of scientific doctrine - true statesments which are 'about' objects which don't exist in any real sense.

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Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2004

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

2004

Authors

Dimensions

240 x 166 x 23mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

250

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-0-19-515988-2

Barcode

9780195159882

Categories

LSN

0-19-515988-8



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