Chihara, Charles S.
Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
Print publication date: 1991 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-823975-8
doi:10.1093/0198239750.003.0008
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-823975-8
doi:10.1093/0198239750.003.0008
8 Science Without Numbers
Focuses on Hartry Field's Instrumentalism. The ‘Conservation Theorems’, upon which Field bases so much of his form of Instrumentalism, are examined in detail, as is Field's attempt to ‘nominalize’ physics. Doubts are raised about the adequacy of Field's views of mathematics and physics, and a detailed comparison with the Constructibility Theory is presented.
Keywords: Conservation Theorem, Hartry Field, Mathematical Instrumentalism
Keywords: Conservation Theorem, Hartry Field, Mathematical Instrumentalism
doi:10.1093/0198239750.003.0008
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