Realism in Mathematics
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Clarendon Paperbacks
ISBN-10
019824035X
ISBN-13
9780198240358
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 3rd, 1992
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
300 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of mathematicsPhilosophy of science
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This monograph develops and defends a novel version of mathematical realism - the view that to engage in mathematics is to investigate the features of real mathematical things - and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.
When engaged in mathematics, most people tend to think of themselves as scientists investigating the features of real mathematical things, and the wildly successful application of mathematics in the physical sciences reinforces this picture of mathematics as an objective study. For philosophers, however, this realism about mathematics raises serious questions: What are mathematical things? Where are they? How do we know about them? Penelope Maddy delineates and defends a novel version of mathematical realism that answers the traditional questions and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.
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