Science and Necessity

by John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter, Robert Pargetter

Book Overview

This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which can be in several places at once. Taking this kind of scientific platonism as their point of departure, they show how the theory of universals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521065666
• ISBN13: 9780521065665
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"