Numbers as Cognitive Tools : An Empirically Informed Nominalistic Account of the Nature of Numbers
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Synthese Library
ISBN-10
3031984269
ISBN-13
9783031984266
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
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Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 19th, 2025
Print length
248 Pages
Product Classification:
Analytical philosophy & Logical PositivismChild & developmental psychologyChild, developmental and lifespan psychologyCognition & cognitive psychologyCognition and cognitive psychologyTeaching of a specific subjectMathematicsPhilosophy of mathematicsAnalytical philosophy and Logical Positivism
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This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics.
This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics. Drawing on empirical data on the human experience of what we call "numbers," the author shows that numbers do not exist as abstract objects, but that the idea that they do is a useful cognitive tool. Contrary to the platonist view, according to which arithmetic is true of a realm of abstract entities, the nominalistic account presented in this book shows arithmetic to be true of descriptions of structural properties of techniques such as counting and calculating procedures. This book is of interest to both philosophers and cognitive scientists who want to have a deeper understanding of what numbers are.
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