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8959 | Field presumes properties can be eliminated from science [Field,H, by Szabó] |
Full Idea: Field regards the eliminability of apparent reference to properties from the language of science as a foregone result. | |
From: report of Hartry Field (Science without Numbers [1980]) by Zoltán Gendler Szabó - Nominalism 5.1 n50 | |
A reaction: Field is a nominalist who also denies the existence of mathematics as part of science. He has a taste for ontological 'desert landscapes'. I have no idea what a property really is, so I think he is on to something. |