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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aHorsten, Leon, _eauthor. _912061
245	1	4	_aThe metaphysics and mathematics of arbitrary objects / _cLeon Horsten, University of Bristol.
264		1	_aCambridge ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 31, 2019).
520			_aBuilding on the seminal work of Kit Fine in the 1980s, Leon Horsten here develops a new theory of arbitrary entities. He connects this theory to issues and debates in metaphysics, logic, and contemporary philosophy of mathematics, investigating the relation between specific and arbitrary objects and between specific and arbitrary systems of objects. His book shows how this innovative theory is highly applicable to problems in the philosophy of arithmetic, and explores in particular how arbitrary objects can engage with the nineteenth-century concept of variable mathematical quantities, how they are relevant for debates around mathematical structuralism, and how they can help our understanding of the concept of random variables in statistics. This fully worked through theory will open up new avenues within philosophy of mathematics, bringing in the work of other philosophers such as Saul Kripke, and providing new insights into the development of the foundations of mathematics from the eighteenth century to the present day.
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