Template:Did you know nominations/Science Without Numbers
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Science Without Numbers
- ... that the book Science Without Numbers argues that numbers are just useful fictions?
- Source: doi:10.1093/philmat/nkn026: "Field ... does not accept any mathematical statements, applied or otherwise, as true; instead he regards mathematics as a useful fiction."
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Created by Shapeyness (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
Shapeyness (talk) 12:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC).
- The article is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, and free of copyvio. The hook is interesting. Qpq is not required. Happy to approve it!
- You probably know about it, but quick googling led me to this book by Charles Chihara, with the whole 30+ page chapter devoted to the book [1]. Artem.G (talk) 18:30, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks! I had a few Chihara sources on my list already but not that one yet
Shapeyness (talk) 22:04, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks! I had a few Chihara sources on my list already but not that one yet
