Philosophy of Mathematics : An Introduction Hardback
by David (Merton College, Oxford, UK) Bostock
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Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction provides a critical analysis of the major philosophical issues and viewpoints in the concepts and methods of mathematics - from antiquity to the modern era. Offers beginning readers a critical appraisal of philosophical viewpoints throughout historyGives a separate chapter to predicativism, which is often (but wrongly) treated as if it were a part of logicismProvides readers with a non-partisan discussion until the final chapter, which gives the author's personal opinion on where the truth liesDesigned to be accessible to both undergraduates and graduate students, and at the same time to be of interest to professionals
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:13/02/2009
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- ISBN:9781405189927
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:13/02/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405189927