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Thinking about Mathematics

Name: Thinking about Mathematics
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 01322522
Price: 17962 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Stewart Shapiro
ISBN: 9780192893062

The Philosophy of Mathematics

Stewart Shapiro

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 01322522

Publishers Oxford University Press, July 2000

This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concernin... Full description

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This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. The first describes questions and issues about mathematics that have motivated philosophers almost since the beginning of intellectual history. Part II is an historical survey, discussing the role of mathematics in such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill. The third section covers the three major positions, and battle lines, throughout the twentieth century: that mathematics is logic (logicism), that the essence of mathematics is the rule-governed manipulation of characters (formalism), and a revisionist philosophy that focuses on the mental activity of mathematics (intuitionism). Finally, Part IV looks at contemporary positions and work which brings the reader up-to-date on the discipline. Thinking about Mathematics is accessible to those with little background in either mathematics or philosophy. It is aimed at students and professionals in mathematics who have little contact with academic philosophy and at philosophy students and other philosophers who forgot much of their mathematics.