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Author Hellman, Geoffrey.

Title Mathematics without numbers : towards a modal-structural interpretation / Geoffrey Hellman.

Publication Info. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, [1989]
©1989

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 154 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index.
Summary Modal logic is combined with notions of part/whole (mereology) enabling a systematic interpretation of ordinary mathematical statements as asserting what would be the case in any (suitable) structure there (logically) might be, e.g. for number theory, functional analysis, algebra, pure geometry, etc.
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Subject Mathematics.
Mathematics.
Indexed Term Mathematics Philosophy
Mathematics Theories
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hellman, Geoffrey. Mathematics without numbers. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©1989 0198249349 9780198249344 (DLC) 89030517 (OCoLC)19266575
ISBN 9780191520112 (electronic book)
019152011X (electronic book)
0198240341 (paperback) 9780198240341
0198249349
9780198249344