Philosophy of mathematics : structure and ontology /
This text argues that both realist and anti-realist accounts of mathematics are problematic. It articulates a structuralist approach, arguing that the subject matter of a mathematical theory is not a fixed domain of numbers.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Mathematics and Its Philosophy
- 2. Object and Truth: A Realist Manifesto
- 3. Structure
- 4. Epistemology and Reference
- 5. How We Got Here
- 6. Practice: Construction, Modality, Logic
- 7. Modality, Structure, Ontology
- 8. Life Outside Mathematics: Structure and Reality.