The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem /

The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem / / Mark Steiner.

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This book analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis--the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos. Mark Steiner distinguishes among the semantic problems that arise from the us...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Steiner, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
©1998
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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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