01540nam 2200445 450 991015549590332120230808205644.00-19-180909-80-19-106380-0(CKB)4340000000027408(StDuBDS)EDZ0001605103(MiAaPQ)EBC4766846(EXLCZ)99434000000002740820161222h20162016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAbstraction and infinity /Paolo MancosuFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resourceThis edition previously issued in print: 2016.0-19-874682-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.AbstractionInfiniteAbstraction.Infinite.510.1Mancosu Paolo60962MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155495903321Abstraction and infinity2747578UNINA