The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem / / Mark Steiner
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| Autore: |
Steiner Mark
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| Titolo: |
The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem / / Mark Steiner
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii,215p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 530.15 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mathematical physics |
| Mathematics - Philosophy | |
| Classificazione: | CC 3500 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a novel thesis - the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem |
| ISBN: | 0-674-04398-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825924603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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