Mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge

Author(s)

• Resnik, Michael D.

Bibliographic Information

Mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge

edited by Michael D. Resnik

（The international research library of philosophy, 13 . The Philosophy of mathematics and science）

Dartmouth, c1995

Note

Collected essays from English-language journals

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An overview that attempts to answer some of the key questions in the contemporary philosophy of mathematics. It includes coverage of recent debates between mathematical realists and anti-realists.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Field's response. Part 2 Another anti-realist response - mathematics is really talk about possibilities involving concrete objects. Part 3 Maddy's realism - mathematical objects are like ordinary concrete objects and known by similar means. Part 4 Other approaches to realism. Part 5 Second-order logic - a new tool for logicists and other mathematical reductionists? Part 6 Structuralism - mathematics studies structures.

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Details

• NCID: BA26411456
• ISBN:
  • 1855216388
• LCCN: 95005672
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot ; Brookfield
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 647 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 108
  • LCC : QA8.6
  • DC20 : 510/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2010033X