Mathematics, Models, and Modality : Selected Philosophical Essays
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Paperback / softback
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0521189675
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9780521189675
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Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Mar 3rd, 2011
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316 Pages
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492 grams
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15.30 x 22.90 x 2.10 cms
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This selection of John Burgess's essays addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims. The volume will interest readers in philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.
John Burgess is the author of a rich and creative body of work which seeks to defend classical logic and mathematics through counter-criticism of their nominalist, intuitionist, relevantist, and other critics. This selection of his essays, which spans twenty-five years, addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims. The volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers across philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.
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