The Reality of Numbers
A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics
ISBN13: 9780198249573ISBN10: 0198249578
Hardback,
202 pages
Sep 1988,
In Stock
Price:
$99.00 (06)Description
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.
