The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology - (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science) by S Bangu (Hardcover)

Name: The Applicability of Mathematics in Science: Indispensability and Ontology - (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science) by S Bangu (Hardcover)
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This examination of a series of philosophical issues arising from the applicability of mathematics to science consists of scientifically-informed philosophical analysis and argument.
About the Author: SORIN BANGU is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway.
252 Pages
Mathematics, History & Philosophy
Series Name: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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This examination of a series of philosophical issues arising from the applicability of mathematics to science consists of scientifically-informed philosophical analysis and argument. One distinctive feature of this project is that it proposes to look at issues in philosophy of mathematics within the larger context of philosophy of science.

About the Author

SORIN BANGU is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. His main interests and publications are in philosophy of science and mathematics, and the history of analytic philosophy (especially Wittgenstein and Quine).

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Weight: 1.05 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 252

Genre: Mathematics

Sub-Genre: History & Philosophy

Series Title: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Format: Hardcover

Author: S Bangu

Language: English

Street Date: September 24, 2012

TCIN: 1008494290

UPC: 9780230285200

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-6638

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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