Applying Mathematics: Immersion, Inference, Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9780198815044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Otavio Bueno; Steven French

Opis

How is that when scientists need some piece of mathematics through which to frame their theory, it is there to hand? Bueno and French offer a new approach to the puzzle of the applicability of mathematics, through a detailed examination of a series of case studies from the history of twentieth-century physics.

Recenzje

Otávio Bueno and Steven French have produced a readable, informative, and compelling account of mathematics as it is deployed in physical theory. . . .you will want to have this book around to refer to if you do any work in the philosophy of mathematics/physics/science. And if you work on mathematical application and explanation, you should read and carefully consider the book in its entirety.

O autorze

Otávio Bueno taught in California and South Carolina before moving to the University of Miami, where is now Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department. He works in the philosophies of science, of mathematics and of logic, epistemology, and philosophy of art, and is the author of many books and articles. He is Editor-in-Chief of Synthese. Steven French taught at universities in Brazil and the USA before moving to Leeds in 1993, where he is Professor of Philosophy of Science. He is the author of numerous books and papers in the philosophy of science and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science