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Indispensability
Taschenbuch von A C Paseau (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Our best scientific theories explain a wide range of empirical phenomena, make accurate predictions, and are widely believed. Since many of these theories make ample use of mathematics, it is natural to see them as confirming its truth. Perhaps the use of mathematics in science even gives us reason to believe in the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets. These issues lie at the heart of the Indispensability Argument, to which this Element is devoted. The Element's first half traces the evolution of the Indispensability Argument from its origins in Quine and Putnam's works, taking in naturalism, confirmational holism, Field's program, and the use of idealisations in science along the way. Its second half examines the explanatory version of the Indispensability Argument, and focuses on several more recent versions of easy-road and hard-road fictionalism respectively.
Our best scientific theories explain a wide range of empirical phenomena, make accurate predictions, and are widely believed. Since many of these theories make ample use of mathematics, it is natural to see them as confirming its truth. Perhaps the use of mathematics in science even gives us reason to believe in the existence of abstract mathematical objects such as numbers and sets. These issues lie at the heart of the Indispensability Argument, to which this Element is devoted. The Element's first half traces the evolution of the Indispensability Argument from its origins in Quine and Putnam's works, taking in naturalism, confirmational holism, Field's program, and the use of idealisations in science along the way. Its second half examines the explanatory version of the Indispensability Argument, and focuses on several more recent versions of easy-road and hard-road fictionalism respectively.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Naturalism and holism; 3. Hard road nominalism: field's program; 4. An objection from scientific practice; 5. The enhanced indispensability argument; 6. Easy road fictionalism; 7. Hard road fictionalism; 8. Conclusions; References.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 75
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781009096850
ISBN-10: 1009096850
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paseau, A C
Baker, Alan
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 4 mm
Von/Mit: A C Paseau (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,1 kg
preigu-id: 126653274
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Naturalism and holism; 3. Hard road nominalism: field's program; 4. An objection from scientific practice; 5. The enhanced indispensability argument; 6. Easy road fictionalism; 7. Hard road fictionalism; 8. Conclusions; References.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 75
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781009096850
ISBN-10: 1009096850
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paseau, A C
Baker, Alan
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 4 mm
Von/Mit: A C Paseau (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,1 kg
preigu-id: 126653274
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