Explanation in ethics and mathematics : debunking and dispensability /

How far should our realism extend, and how should we understand the entities referred to by mathematical and ethical talk? This volume explores how argumentative strategies in the philosophy of mathematics might apply to ethics, and vice versa. A team of experts breaks new ground in both areas and i...

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Weitere Titel:
Debunking and dispensability
Hauptverfasser:
Leibowitz, Uri D., Sinclair, Neil
Weitere Verfasser:
Leibowitz, Uri D. (HerausgeberIn), Sinclair, Neil (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
How far should our realism extend, and how should we understand the entities referred to by mathematical and ethical talk? This volume explores how argumentative strategies in the philosophy of mathematics might apply to ethics, and vice versa. A team of experts breaks new ground in both areas and illuminates new questions, arguments, and problems.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:
0-19-182432-1
0-19-108425-5
Schlagworte:
Ethics.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Explanation.
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