Mathematics Without Numbers
Towards a Modal-Structural Interpretation
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ISBN-13:
9780198240341
Veröffentl:
1993
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.11.1993
Seiten:
168
Autor:
Geoffrey Hellman
Gewicht:
220 g
Format:
216x140x9 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hellman here presents a detailed interpretation of mathematics as the investigation of "structural possibilities," as opposed to absolute, Platonic objects. After treating the natural numbers and analysis, he extends the approach to set theory, where he demonstrates how to dispense with a fixed universe of sets. Finally, he addresses problems of application to the physical world.
Introduction; Chapter 1: The natural numbers and analysis; Introduction; The modal-structural framework: The hypothetical component; The categorical component: An axiom of infinity and a derivation (inspired by Dedekind with help from Frege); Justifying the translation scheme; Justification from within; Extensions; The question of nominalism; Chapter 2: Set theory; Introduction; Informal principles: Many vs. one; The relevant structures; Unbounded sentences: Putnam semantics; Axioms of infinity: Looking back; Axioms of infinity: Climbing up; Appendix; Chapter 3: Mathematics and physical reality; Introduction; The leading ideas; Carrying the mathematics of modern physics: RA2 as a framework; Global solutions; Metaphysical realist commitments? `Synthetic Determination' relations; A role for representation theorems
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