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Plato's Problem : an Introduction to Mathematical Platonism.

What is mathematics about? And if it is about some sort of mathematical reality, how can we have access to it? This is the problem raised by Plato, which still today is the subject of lively philosophical disputes. This book traces the history of the problem, from its origins to its contemporary tre...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Panza, Marco
Otros Autores: Sereni, Andrea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is mathematics about? And if it is about some sort of mathematical reality, how can we have access to it? This is the problem raised by Plato, which still today is the subject of lively philosophical disputes. This book traces the history of the problem, from its origins to its contemporary treatment. It discusses the answers given by Aristotle, Proclus and Kant, through Frege's and Russell's versions of logicism, Hilbert's formalism, Gödel's platonism, up to the the current debate on Benacerraf's dilemma and the indispensability argument. Through the considerations of themes in the philo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (323 pages)
ISBN:9781137298133
1137298138