Hartry Field. Science Without Numbers: A Defense of Nominalism 2nd ed [Book Review]

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Philosophia Mathematica 27 (1):139-148 (2019)
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FieldHartry. Science Without Numbers: A Defense of Nominalism 2nd ed.Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-877792-2. Pp. vi + 56 + vi + 111.

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