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Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Mark Balaguer
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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In this book, Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism. He does this by establishing that both platonism and
Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Mark Balaguer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-08-20 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this highly absorbing work, Balaguer demonstrates that no good arguments exist either for or against mathematical platonism-for example, the view that abstra
Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Mark Balaguer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-08-20 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this highly absorbing work, Balaguer demonstrates that no good arguments exist either for or against mathematical platonism-for example, the view that abstra
What Is Mathematics, Really?
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Reuben Hersh
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-08-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as
After Gödel
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Richard Tieszen
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-05 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Richard Tieszen presents an analysis, development, and defense of a number of central ideas in Kurt Gödel's writings on the philosophy and foundations of mathe