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The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem

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$36.50 • £29.95 • €33.00

ISBN 9780674009707

Publication Date: 09/30/2002

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224 pages

6 line illustrations, 2 tables

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Semantic Applicability of Mathematics: Frege’s Achievements
  • 2. The Descriptive Applicability of Mathematics
  • 3. Mathematics, Analogies, and Discovery in Physics
  • 4. Pythagorean Analogies in Physics
  • 5. Formalisms and Formalist Reasoning in Quantum Mechanics
  • 6. Formalist Reasoning: The Mystery of Quantization
  • Appendix A. A “Nonphysical” Derivation of Quantum Mechanics
  • Appendix B. Nucleon-Pion Scattering
  • Appendix C. Nonrelativistic Schroedinger Equation with Spin
  • References
  • Index

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