A structural account of mathematics / / Charles S. Chihara
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| Autore: |
Chihara Charles S. <1932->
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| Titolo: |
A structural account of mathematics / / Charles S. Chihara
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 511.201 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mathematics - Philosophy |
| Structuralism | |
| Constructive mathematics | |
| Note generali: | Developed from a group of graduate seminars held at Berkeley in the late 1990's. |
| Previously issued in print: 2003. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1. Five Puzzles in Search of an Explanation; 2. Geometry and Mathematical Existence; 3. The van Inwagen Puzzle; 4. Structuralism; 5. Platonism; 6. Minimal Anti-Nominalism; 7. The Constructibility Theory; 8. Constructible Structures; 9. Applications; 10. If-Thenism; 11. Field's Account of Mathematics and Metalogic; Appendix A. Some Doubts About Hellman's Views; Appendix B. Balaguer's Fictionalism; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A structural account of mathematics |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04103-2 |
| 1-281-34613-6 | |
| 0-19-153310-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816085603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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