عنوان

The metaphysics and mathematics of arbitrary objects /

(Number (ISBN

1108601774

(Number (ISBN

113960029X

(Number (ISBN

9781108601771

(Number (ISBN

9781139600293

Erroneous ISBN

110703941X

Erroneous ISBN

1108706592

Erroneous ISBN

9781107039414

Erroneous ISBN

9781108706599

Title Proper

The metaphysics and mathematics of arbitrary objects /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Leon Horsten, University of Bristol

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) :

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illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Building on the seminal work of Kit Fine in the 1980s, Leon Horsten here develops a new theory of arbitrary entities. He connects this theory to issues and debates in metaphysics, logic, and contemporary philosophy of mathematics, investigating the relation between specific and arbitrary objects and between specific and arbitrary systems of objects. His book shows how this innovative theory is highly applicable to problems in the philosophy of arithmetic, and explores in particular how arbitrary objects can engage with the nineteenth-century concept of variable mathematical quantities, how they are relevant for debates around mathematical structuralism, and how they can help our understanding of the concept of random variables in statistics. This fully worked through theory will open up new avenues within philosophy of mathematics, bringing in the work of other philosophers such as Saul Kripke, and providing new insights into the development of the foundations of mathematics from the eighteenth century to the present day

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Proquest Ebook Central

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5797331

Title

Metaphysics and mathematics of arbitrary objects.

International Standard Book Number

9781107039414

Abstraction.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Mathematical recreations.

Mathematics-- Philosophy.

Metaphysics.

Probabilities-- Philosophy.

Random variables.

Variables (Mathematics)

Abstraction.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Mathematical recreations.

MATHEMATICS-- Essays.

Mathematics-- Philosophy.

MATHEMATICS-- Pre-Calculus.

MATHEMATICS-- Reference.

Metaphysics.

Probabilities-- Philosophy.

Random variables.

Variables (Mathematics)

MAT-- 023000

MAT-- 026000

MAT-- 039000

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Edition

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Book number

Horsten, Leon

Date of Transaction

20200822145648.0

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