Realism in Mathematics

Name: Realism in Mathematics
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198240358
Price: 9900 KES
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780198240358

by Penelope Maddy

Book Details

Format 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 mathematics Philosophy of science

KSh 9,900.00

Currently unavailable 0 in stock

Delivery Location

County

Location

Delivery fee: Select location

Secure

Quality

Fast

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.

Get Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Oxford University Press and it has 216 pages.