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Philosophy of mathematics and natural science /
When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience", the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertw...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Alemán |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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| Édition: | [New ed.] / |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | When mathematician Hermann Weyl decided to write a book on philosophy, he faced what he referred to as "conflicts of conscience", the objective nature of science, he felt, did not mesh easily with the incredulous, uncertain nature of philosophy. Yet the two disciplines were already intertwined. In Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science, Weyl examines how advances in philosophy were led by scientific discoveries, the more humankind understood about the physical world, the more curious we became. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400833337 1400833337 |