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The Limits of Abstraction.
Kit Fine develops a Fregean theory of abstraction, and suggests that it may yield a new philosophical foundation for mathematics, one that can account for both our reference to various mathematical objects and our knowledge of various mathematical truths. & i & The Limits of Abstraction &...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Kit Fine develops a Fregean theory of abstraction, and suggests that it may yield a new philosophical foundation for mathematics, one that can account for both our reference to various mathematical objects and our knowledge of various mathematical truths. & i & The Limits of Abstraction & /i & breaks new ground both technically and philosophically. - ;What is abstraction? To what extent can it account for the existence and identity of abstract objects? And to what extent can it be used as a foundation for mathematics? Kit Fine provides rigorous and systematic answers to these questions along the lin. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191567261 0191567264 1281770124 9781281770127 |