A Subject With No Object

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John P. Burgess and Gideon Rosen, A Subject with No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics. ...works on Nominalism have come to dominate the philosophy of mathematics, so a work that organizes the material is useful. ... It is rare to find such a comprehensive, and fair, account of a position for which the authors (on their own account) have little sympathy. ... It contains , for a little book, an astonishing amount of information about philosophy and many other things, from Einstein to Latour. * Mark Steiner, The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly 50 (January 2001) * An important book. * The Economist Review * This book has many virtues. It is concentrated on fundamental questions in the philosophy of mathematics, which it explores with an open mind - or even two open minds; it is richly informed and informative in its clear exposition of the details of nominalistic reconstruction programs ... No attempt will be made here even to summarize the rich and extensive content of this part, except to say that a great service has been performed for both students The formessexxence of the programs is clearly laid out in each case, with just enough detail to give the reader a real sense of how the program in question works but not so much as to obscure the broader picture ... it should be clear that this book is of great value and interest and that, on the whole, it exemplifies philosophy practice * Geoffrey Hellman, Philosophia Mathematica *