Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy

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Introduction: mathematization and the language of nature -- Realists and nominalists : language and mathematics before the scientific revolution -- Ontology recapitulates epistemology : Gassendi, epicurean atomism, and nominalism -- British empiricism, nominalism, and constructivism -- Three mathematicians : constructivist epistemology and the new mathematical methods -- Conclusion: mathematization and the nature of language.

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QA8.4.S415 2007

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0415702119   0415542960   9780415702119

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