Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.
Contents
The semantic applicability of mathematics : Frege's achievements -- The descriptive applicability of mathematics -- Mathematics, analogies, and discovery in physics -- Pythagorean analogies in physics -- Formalisms and formalist reasoning in quantum mechanics -- Formalist reasoning : the mystery of quantization -- Appendix A. A "nonphysical" derivation of quantum mechanics -- Appendix B. Nucleon-pion scattering -- Appendix C. Nonrelativistic Schroedinger equation with spin.