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Journal

Filozofia Nauki

1994 | 2 | 3-4 | 141-160

Article title

Is Mathematics Indispensable in Science?

Authors

Krzysztof Wójtowicz

Content

Full texts:
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Title variants

PL
Czy matematyka jest niezbędna w nauce?
EN
Is Mathematics Indispensable in Science?

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

PL
This article consists of the two parts: the first on presents Hartry Field's nominalistic theory of science contained in his „Science Without Numbers”. The second part points to certain difficulties, which the realization of Field's program is faced with. The problem of an exact translation of nominalistic theories to mathematical theories, the connection between the incompleteness of the nominalistic theory and the conservativeness of its mathematical extension and an example of a theorem about finite sets, which needs some strong assumptions about infinite sets in its proof are presented.

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Publisher

University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy

Journal

Filozofia Nauki

Year

1994

Volume

2

Issue

3-4

Pages

141-160

Physical description

Dates

published
1994-09-01

Contributors

author
Krzysztof Wójtowicz

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.ojs-issn-2657-5868-year-1994-volume-2-issue-3-4-article-83
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