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Matter and Mathematics
An Essentialist Account of Laws of Nature
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"Andrew Younan's remarkable argument joins a patient sifting of the suppositions of mathematical physics to a sustained reflection on abstraction as understood by Aristotle and Aquinas. The yield is considerable: a convincing account of what one should take a law of nature to be."—Christopher Blum, Augustine Institute
"Massively well-informed by both ancient and contemporary debates, Matter and Mathematics explains how modern science and mathematics reveal a world of things working according to their inherent natures. Aristotle's vision, once thought superseded by modern science, here receives a clear and powerful defense that makes an Aristotelian realism about essential properties and laws of nature again a leading contender in the metaphysics of science."—James Franklin, University of New South Wales
"Fr. Younan expertly lays out the fundamental arguments of the Essentialist, Platonist, and Humeanist viewpoints of mathematics. His delivery is compelling and, as a mathematician myself, it kept me engaged in the philosophical underpinnings. Mathematics is often reduced to being a tool, but this text demonstrates the need for the subject to be elevated to help connect the abstract with the real."—Brian Mulholland, University of Notre Dame
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