Defending the Axioms : On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory

Name: Defending the Axioms
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199596188
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ISBN: 9780199596188

by Penelope Maddy

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0199596182

ISBN-13 9780199596188

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Oxford University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 27th, 2011

Print length 162 Pages

Weight 330 grams

Dimensions 14.70 x 22.20 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy: logic Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science

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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the question of how they are properly judged is of central importance. Maddy discusses the appropriate methods for such evaluations and the philosophical backdrop that makes them appropriate.

Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly naturalistic or second-philosophical point of view, Defending the Axioms isolates the appropriate methods for such evaluations and investigates the ontological and epistemological backdrop that makes them appropriate. In the end, a new account of the objectivity of mathematics emerges, one refreshingly free of metaphysical commitments.

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