Realism in Mathematics Paperback / softback
by Penelope (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine) Maddy
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
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When engaged in mathematics, most people tend to think of themselves as scientists investigating the features of real mathematical things, and the wildly successful application of mathematics in the physical sciences reinforces this picture of mathematics as an objective study.
For philosophers, however, this realism about mathematics raises serious questions: What are mathematical things?
Where are they? How do we know about them? Penelope Maddy delineates and defends a novel version of mathematical realism that answers the traditional questions and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, 1 line figure
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/09/1992
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- ISBN:9780198240358
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages, 1 line figure
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/09/1992
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- ISBN:9780198240358