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Nominalism
About: Nominalism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 981 publications have been published within this topic receiving 13746 citations.
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01 Jan 1978
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of the philosophical foundations of Intuitionistic Logic, including Frege's distinction between sense and reference, and Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics, as well as a defence of McTaggart's Proof of the Unreality of Time.
Abstract: * Acknowledgments * Preface * Note *1. Truth *2. Presupposition *3. The Structure of Appearance *4. Nominalism *5. Constructionalism *6. George Boole *7. Frege on Functions *8. Frege's Philosophy *9. Frege's Distinction between Sense and Reference *10. Realism *11. Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics *12. The Philosophical Significance of Godel's Theorem *13. Platonism *14. The Philosophical Basis of Intuitionistic Logic *15. Wang's Paradox *16. Is Logic Empirical? *17. The Justification of Deduction *18. Can an Effect Precede its Cause? *19. Bringing About the Past *20. A Defence of McTaggart's Proof of the Unreality of Time *21. The Reality of the Past *22. The Significance of Quine's Indeterminacy Thesis *23. The Social Character of Meaning *24. Oxford Philosophy *25. Can Analytical Philosophy be Systematic, and Ought it to Be? * Details of Publication * Index
933 citations
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01 Sep 1989
TL;DR: In this paper, the problem of primitive natural classes is discussed, and the problem is solved by representing natural classes as Bundles of Universals as attributes and Tropes as adjectives.
Abstract: * The Problem * Primitive Natural Classes * Resemblance Nominalism * Particulars as Bundles of Universals * Universals as Attributes * Tropes * Summing Up
502 citations
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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism Summary References Index as mentioned in this paper
Abstract: Realism: Pre-theoretic realism Realism in philosophy Realism and truth Realism in mathematics Perception and intuition: What is the question? Perception Intuition Godelian Platonism Numbers: What numbers could not be Numbers as properties Frege numbers Axioms: Reals and sets of reals Axiomization Open problems Competing theories The challenge Monism and beyond: Monism Field's nominalism Structuralism Summary References Index.
346 citations
328 citations
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01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present Science Without Numbers: The Defence of Nominalism, a book about science without numbers and its relation to the defence of nominalism. But,
Abstract: The description for this book, Science Without Numbers: The Defence of Nominalism, will be forthcoming
293 citations