Realism in Mathematics

by Penelope Maddy

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Mathematicians 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? Offering a scrupulously fair treatment of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:019824035X

ISBN13:9780198240358

Release Date:October 1992

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Education & Reference Language Arts Logic Logic & Language Math Mathematics Philosophy Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Reference Science & Math

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