A Subject With No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics
by Gideon Rosen, John P. Burgess
A Subject With No Object examines how mathematics might be understood without commitment to abstract mathematical objects. Gideon Rosen and John P. Burgess investigate strategies for a nominalistic interpretation, addressing questions at the intersection of mathematics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
About This Book
A Subject With No Object explores the philosophical problem of interpreting mathematics without treating abstract mathematical entities as objects.
Gideon Rosen and John P. Burgess examine strategies for developing a nominalistic interpretation of mathematical thought and language.
The book focuses on the relationship between mathematical practice and philosophical commitments about what exists.
It will interest readers studying the philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and nominalism.
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