The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem
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.
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- Full title :The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem / Mark Steiner.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 215 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:067404097X, 9780674040977, 0674009703, 9780674009707
- oclc:ocm38738748
- LC Classification:QC20
- Dewey Decimal:530.15
Table of Contents
The semantic applicability of mathematics: Frege's achievements -- The descriptive applicability of mathematics -- Mathematics, analogies, and discovery in physics -- Pythagorean analogies in physics -- Formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics -- 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.
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