Background
Bigelow, John Christopher was born on February 4, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert Sidney and Moyra Frances (Hale) Bigelow. arrived in Australia, 1978.
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The Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics
(Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be def...)
Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be defined into existence, Bigelow here employs Armstrong's metaphysical materialism to cast new light on mathematics. He identifies natural, real, and imaginary numbers and sets with specified physical properties and relations and, by so doing, draws mathematics back from its sterile, abstract exile into the midst of the physical world.
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Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
(This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific rea...)
This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which can be in several places at once. Taking this kind of scientific platonism as their point of departure, they show how the theory of universals can account for probability, laws of nature, causation, and explanation, and explore the consequences in all these fields. This will be an important book for all philosophers of science, logicians, and metaphysicians, and their graduate students. The readership will also include those outside philosophy interested in the interrelationship of philosophy and science.
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- Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) (This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific rea...)
- The Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics by John Bigelow (1988-09-01) (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by John Bigelow (1991-02-22)
John Christopher Bigelow
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Bachelor, University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1968. Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1973.
Career
Lecturer, Victoria U., Wellington, New Zealand, 1973-1978; lecturer, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1978-1979; senior lecturer, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1980-1988; reader, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1989-1991; visiting lecturer, Simon Fraser U., Vancouver, 1989; professor, Monash U., Melbourne, since 1991.
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The Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics
(Challenging the myth that mathematical objects can be def...)
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Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
(This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific rea...)
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Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
(This book espouses an innovative theory of scientific rea...)
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The Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics by John Bigelow (1988-09-01)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
- Science and Necessity (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by John Bigelow (1991-02-22)
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The Reality of Numbers: A Physicalist's Philosophy of Mathematics
Membership
Fellow Australian Academy Humanities, Australasian Association Philosophy (president 1994).
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Married Elizabeth Ruth Cardno, December 7, 1968. Children: Stephen John, Benjamin David.
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Australian
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1968
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1970
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1973
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1973 - 1978
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1978 - 1979
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1989 - 1991
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1989
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1991