Loading...
]: Review of Stewart Shapiro, Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology , Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 40 , 283 – 291 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1038949543. Google Scholar ... , Philosophy , pp. 561 – 576 . Berlin : De Gruyter . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS Google Preview WorldCat COPAC Horsten L. [ 2010 ]: ‘Impredicative identity criteria
theoretical benefits, not least for the neo-Fregean philosophy of mathematics developed by Hale, Crispin Wright, and others. 2 Second, we explicate an exciting idea that we find in Hale’s work, which promises a ... wide-ranging benefits. A particularly important and salient example concerns the neo-Fregean program in the philosophy of mathematics, which makes essential use of properties. A central aim of this
Aesthetics in philosophy of mathematics is too narrowly construed. Beauty is not the only feature in mathematics that is arguably aesthetic. While not the highest aesthetic value, being interesting ... I draw attention to the discrepancy in philosophy of mathematics between the two main uses of terms involving ‘aesthetics’ of which I am aware. On the one hand, it is a commonplace to admit or claim
Aims: To examine the possibilities for research into news reporting and its role in reflecting and informing public and political beliefs and action in relation to alcohol and drinking practices ... social problems or on the political agenda-setting role of the mass media (McCombs, 2004) towards an understanding of how alcohol policies and problems are covered and defined by the news media. Taking
This paper explores how to explain the applicability of classical mathematics to the physical world in a radically naturalistic and nominalistic philosophy of mathematics. The applicability claim is ... current philosophy of mathematics has resolved these puzzles. Then I introduce a plan for resolving the logical puzzles of applicability. 1. Introduction Any philosophy of mathematics must be able to
passion for science, energetic personality and collaborative philosophy, which he incorporated into a unique way of doing research. Over the course of his career, he published 117 scientific articles with
therapeutic philosophy. INTRODUCTION Reduced-risk drinking (sometimes termed controlled drinking) refers to the ability of an individual, who has previously exhibited out-of-control drinking to return to a ... point of view, alcohol dependence is a very heterogeneous phenomenon (Wald, 1985) . The monopoly of a single treatment dogma contrasted with the democratization of the political system and social change
to date. Many countries are still uncertain about whether to grow and how to regulate genome-edited crop varieties12. Scientific, political and social considerations impact these decisions, which are
. Scadding JG . Health and disease: what can medicine do for philosophy . J Med Ethics . 1988 ; 14 : 118 - 124 . 5. Scadding JG . Essentialism and nominalism in medicine: logic of diagnosis in disease
of the form ‘|$NxFx$|’ are semantically idle. The reasoning behind (2.1) leads us to one of the most important questions in the philosophy of arithmetic: what is counting? At first sight, it seems ... encouragements ever since I met him in 2007. His untimely death is an unbridgeable gap for philosophy, and for abstractionism, in particular. I dedicate this paper to his memory. 1In this paper, I will be
Secondary outcomes were self-efficacy, fatigue, and dyspnea and will be reported in a subsequent manuscript. This study was grounded in the post-positivist paradigm, which is a contemporary philosophy of
political environment, with the government proposing reforms to evaluation systems, public trusts and funding policies, without clarity or inviting input from working scientists. Fortunately, we in developing
Interviewing.60 In addition to the SelfManagement-Intervention, the NICCO Intervention includes a comprehensive Integrated Care Intervention. The philosophy of the overall NICCO-intervention is “caring.” This is
Benzodiazepine use in COPD: empirical evidence from Norway Thomas Halvorsen,1 Pål E Martinussen21SINTEF Technology and Society, Department for Health Research, 2Department of Sociology and Political
Benzodiazepine use in COPD: empirical evidence from Norway Thomas Halvorsen,1 Pål E Martinussen21SINTEF Technology and Society, Department for Health Research, 2Department of Sociology and Political
provides the proper framework for structuralism in the philosophy of mathematics. The main issue, I think, concerns the place and interpretation of meta-mathematics in an algebraic or structuralist approach ... structure, and not with any particular ontology. As structuralism was gaining momentum in the philosophy of mathematics, Colin McLarty's 'Numbers can be just what they have to' [1993] put forward the thesis
gene–environment correlations, and these are not entirely attributable to processes that take place within a family but are also attributable more broadly to regional social, economic and political
the extent of available metadata from surveillance networks. Different technical, economic, legal, and political barriers may impede the sharing of complete patient-level metadata31, with impact across
interesting question is whether we might have interaction in the other direction: might aesthetic considerations have implications for more mainstream philosophy of mathematics? If propositions are the locus ... [2009] : 'Mathematical beauty', Sztuka i Filozofia (Art and Philosophy) 35 , 60 - 74 . Bˆocher , Maxime [1904] : 'The fundamental conceptions and methods of mathematics' , Bulletin of the American
with alcohol problems, whether they are open to everyone or private, and whatever their function or type of organization, tend to share a common philosophy: the goal of complete abstinence from any ... organizations: scientific, because beyond their role as activists, it has been demonstrated that such groups can contribute valid research data; and political, because they are able to claim a place in the
