Realism in Mathematics (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Maddy

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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.

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.

Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy (English) Paperback Book

Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy. 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.

Realism in Mathematics by Penelope Maddy – 9780198240358

ISBN-13: 9780198240358, 978-0198240358. Realism in Mathematics Author(s): Penelope Maddy. 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.