Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy
Author:   David Sepkoski
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415542968


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   13 June 2012
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Author:   David Sepkoski
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780415542968


ISBN 10:   0415542960
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   13 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction - Mathematization and the ‘Language of Nature’; Chapter 2: Realists and Nominalists: Language and Mathematics before the Scientific Revolution; Chapter 3: Ontology Recapitulates Epistemology: Gassendi, Epicurean Atomism, and Nominalism; Chapter 4: British Empiricism, Nominalism, and Constructivism; Chapter 5: Three Mathematicians: Constructivist Epistemology and the New Mathematical Methods; Conclusion: Mathematization and the Nature of Language; Notes; References; Index

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David Sepkoski is Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College, USA.

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