Realism in Mathematics (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Maddy

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Naturalism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy (English) Paperback Book

Our much-valued mathematical knowledge rests on two supports: the logic of proof and the axioms from which those proofs begin. These were once held to be self-evident, but progress in work on the foundations of mathematics, especially in set theory, has rendered that comforting notion obsolete.

Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy (English) Paperback Book

; Perception; Intuition; Godelian Platonism; Numbers: What numbers could not be; Numbers as properties; Frege numbers; Axioms: Reals and sets of reals; Axiomization; Open problems; Competing theories; The challenge; Monism and beyond: Monism; Field’s nominalism; Structuralism; Summary; References; Index.

Naturalism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy (English) Hardcover Book

The book will thus be ofconsiderable interest to philosophers of mathematics and mathematicians alike. Indeed, Maddy’s engaging style and clear explanations of the more technical material makes this book, like her last, accessible andof interest to the non-specialist as well.