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Plato's Problem : An Introduction to Mathematical Platonism / / by M. Panza, A. Sereni
| Plato's Problem : An Introduction to Mathematical Platonism / / by M. Panza, A. Sereni |
| Autore | Panza M |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics—Philosophy
Philosophy, Ancient Mathematics History Logic Philosophy Philosophy of Mathematics Classical Philosophy History of Mathematical Sciences History of Philosophy |
| ISBN | 1-137-29813-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Terminological Conventions; Introduction; Platonism in the Philosophy of Mathematics; Nominalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics; The Indispensability Argument; 1 The Origins; 1.1 Plato as a Platonist?; 1.2 Aristotle Between Platonism and Anti-platonism; 1.3 Proclus: The Neoplatonic Interpretation of Euclid's Geometry; 1.4 Kant: The Transcendental Interpretation of Classical Arithmetic and Geometry; 2 From Frege to Gödel (Through Hilbert); 2.1 Frege's Logicist Platonism; 2.2 Russell and the Separation of Logicism and Platonism; 2.3 Set Theory
2.4 The Problem of Foundations2.5 Gödel's Platonism and the Rise of Mathematical Intuition; 3 Benacerraf's Arguments; 3.1 What Natural Numbers Could Not Be (According to Benacerraf); 3.2 Benacerraf's Dilemma; 3.3 A Map of Responses to Benacerraf's Dilemma: Contemporary Solutions to Plato's Problem; 4 Non-conservative Responses to Benacerraf's Dilemma; 4.1 Field's Nominalism: Mathematics Without Truth and Science Without Numbers; 4.2 Mathematics as Fiction: Field and Yablo; 4.3 Eliminative Structuralism and its Modal Version; 4.4 Maddy and the Cognitive Origins of Set Theory 5 Conservative Responses to Benacerraf's Dilemma5.1 Neo-logicism: A Revised Version of Frege's Programme; 5.2 Linsky, Zalta and 'Object Theory': Mathematics and Logic (or Metaphysics) of Abstract Objects; 5.3 A First Version of Non-eliminative Structuralism: Ante Rem Structuralism; 5.4 A Second Version of Non-eliminative Structuralism: Parsons and the Role of Intuition; 6 The Indispensability Argument: Structure and Basic Notions; 6.1 Four Versions of IA; 6.2 The Quine-Putnam Argument and Colyvan's Argument; 6.3 (In)dispensability; 6.4 Quine's Criterion of Ontological Commitment 6.5 Naturalism6.6 Confirmational Holism; 6.7 The Dispensability of Naturalism and Confirmational Holism; 7 The Indispensability Argument: The Debate; 7.1 Against Indispensability; 7.2 Against Ontological Commitment; 7.3 Against Naturalism and Scientific Realism; 7.4 Against Confirmational Holism; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; Index |
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Poetic Logic and the Origins of the Mathematical Imagination / / by Marcel Danesi
| Poetic Logic and the Origins of the Mathematical Imagination / / by Marcel Danesi |
| Autore | Danesi Marcel |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Disciplina | 195 |
| Collana | Mathematics in Mind |
| Soggetto topico |
Llenguatge i llengües
Història de la filosofia Mathematics History Cognitive science Linguistics History of Mathematical Sciences Cognitive Science Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-31582-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Imagination -- Ingenuity -- Memory -- Metaphor -- Logic -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
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Danesi Marcel
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Poincaré, Philosopher of Science : Problems and Perspectives / / edited by María de Paz, Robert DiSalle
| Poincaré, Philosopher of Science : Problems and Perspectives / / edited by María de Paz, Robert DiSalle |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina | 194 |
| Collana | The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, A Series of Books in Philosophy of Science, Methodology, Epistemology, Logic, History of Science, and Related Fields |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Epistemology Philosophy of nature Dynamics Ergodic theory Mathematics History Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Nature Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 94-017-8780-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction; Robert DiSalle and María de Paz -- Part I Poincaré’s Philosophy of Science -- 1 Portrait of Henri Poincaré as a young philosopher: the formative years (1860-1873); Laurent Rollet -- 2 The Invention of Convention; Janet Folina -- 3 The third way epistemology: A re-characterization of Poincaré’s conventionalism; María de Paz -- 4 Poincaré, Indifferent Hypotheses and Metaphysics; Antonio Videira -- Part II Poincaré on the Foundations of Mathematics -- 5 Poincaré in Göttingen; Reinhard Kahle -- 6 Poincaré on the Principles of the Calculus; Augusto J. Franco de Oliveira -- 7 Does the French Connection (Poincaré, Lautman) provide some insights regarding the thesis that meta-mathematics is an exception to the slogan that mathematics concerns structures?; Gerhard Heinzmann.- Part III Poincaré on the Foundations of Physics -- 8 Henri Poincaré: The status of mechanical explanations and the foundations of statistical mechanics; João Príncipe -- 9 Poincaré: A scientist inspired by his philosophy; Isabella Serra -- 10 Poincaré on the construction of space-time; Robert DiSalle -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483422603321 |
| Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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A Primer of Permutation Statistical Methods / / by Kenneth J. Berry, Janis E. Johnston, Paul W. Mielke, Jr
| A Primer of Permutation Statistical Methods / / by Kenneth J. Berry, Janis E. Johnston, Paul W. Mielke, Jr |
| Autore | Berry Kenneth J |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 476 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina |
519.5
511.64 |
| Soggetto topico |
Statistics
Biostatistics Combinatorics Mathematics History Statistical Theory and Methods Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-20933-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349322903321 |
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Berry Kenneth J
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The Probability Integral : Its Origin, Its Importance, and Its Calculation / / by Paul J. Nahin
| The Probability Integral : Its Origin, Its Importance, and Its Calculation / / by Paul J. Nahin |
| Autore | Nahin Paul J |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Disciplina |
530.15
519.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
Engineering mathematics Measure theory Probabilities Statistics History Mathematics Mathematical Methods in Physics Engineering Mathematics Measure and Integration Probability Theory History of Statistics History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-031-38416-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. De Moivre and the Discovery of the Probability Integral -- Chapter 2. Laplace’s First Derivation -- Chapter 3. How Euler Could Have Done It Before Laplace (but did he?) -- Chapter 4. Laplace’s Second Derivation -- Chapter 5. Generalizing the Probability Integral -- Chapter 6. Poisson’s Derivation -- Chapter 7. Rice’s Radar Integral -- Chapter 8. Liouville’s Theorem that Has No Finite Form -- Chapter 9. How the Error Function Appeared in the Electrical Response of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable -- Chapter 10. Doing the Probability Integral with Differentiation -- chapter 11. The Probability Integral as a Volume -- Chapter 12. How Cauchy Could Have Done It (but didn’t) -- Chapter 13. Fourier Has the Penultimate Technical Word -- Chapter 14. Finbarr Holland Has the Last Technical Word -- Chapter 15. A Final Comment on Mathematical Proofs. |
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Nahin Paul J
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Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics / / David E. Rowe and Mechthild Koreuber
| Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics / / David E. Rowe and Mechthild Koreuber |
| Autore | Rowe David E. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 241 p. 30 illus., 25 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - 20th century
History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-62811-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Diving into Math with Emmy Noether -- 2 Emmy Noether: a Portrait -- 3 Max and Emmy Noether: Mathematics in Erlangen -- 4 Emmy Noether's Long Struggle to Habilitate in Göttingen -- 5 Noether's Early Contributions to Modern Algebra -- 6 Noether's International School in Modern Algebra -- 7 Emmy Noether's Triumphal Years -- 8 Cast out of her Country -- 9 Emmy Noether in Bryn Mawr -- Bibliography -- Name Index. |
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Rowe David E. <1950->
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Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics / / David E. Rowe and Mechthild Koreuber
| Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics / / David E. Rowe and Mechthild Koreuber |
| Autore | Rowe David E. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 241 p. 30 illus., 25 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - History - 20th century
History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-62811-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Diving into Math with Emmy Noether -- 2 Emmy Noether: a Portrait -- 3 Max and Emmy Noether: Mathematics in Erlangen -- 4 Emmy Noether's Long Struggle to Habilitate in Göttingen -- 5 Noether's Early Contributions to Modern Algebra -- 6 Noether's International School in Modern Algebra -- 7 Emmy Noether's Triumphal Years -- 8 Cast out of her Country -- 9 Emmy Noether in Bryn Mawr -- Bibliography -- Name Index. |
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A Pure Soul : Ennio De Giorgi, A Mathematical Genius / / by Andrea Parlangeli
| A Pure Soul : Ennio De Giorgi, A Mathematical Genius / / by Andrea Parlangeli |
| Autore | Parlangeli Andrea |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 227 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510.9
510.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-05303-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Geese and Rabbits -- Roman lecture Halls -- A Pure Soul -- "The Radio Says: The Racers are Running Away..." -- Two on the Top -- The Professorship -- Oregano of Sicily -- Faedo's Team -- Incredible Ideas -- It's Too Easy -- 1968 -- His Name Was Grifo -- The Emperor's Lions -- Socrates -- Euler and the Barrel -- Let's Save Plyushch! -- A Revolutionary Message -- Waves of Refugees -- Solidarity, Liquid Crystal and Computer Vision -- Timor Domains Principum Sapientiae -- The Freedom to Dream -- In the Shadow of Death -- French Drums -- The Last Exam -- Epilog – a Well Sown Seed. |
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Parlangeli Andrea
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Quantum Reality and Theory of Śūnya / / edited by Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt
| Quantum Reality and Theory of Śūnya / / edited by Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXX, 392 p. 20 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 501 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Quantum physics Mathematics History Philosophy of Science Quantum Physics History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 981-13-1957-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I Theory of Quantum Reality -- 1. Quantum Reality, Spiritual concepts and Modern Optics Experiments Devulapali V. Rao & Lalitha D Rao -- 2. Beyond Materiality: Quantum Mechanics and the Problem of the Observer Subhash Kak -- 3. Can a quantum field theory ontology help resolve the problem of consciousness? Anand Rangarajan -- 4. Emergent Reality in Quantum to Classical Transition Tabish Qureshi -- Part II Concept of Śūnya -- 5. Śūnya and Pūrṇa S.S. Rama Rao Pappu -- 6. Quantum Reality and the theory of Śūnya Amalkumar Mukhopadhyay -- Part III Comparative Analysis of nature of Quantum Reality and Theory of Śūnya -- 7. Two aspects of Sūnyatā in quantum physics: relativity of properties and quantum non-separability Michel Bitbol -- 8. Śūnya, Śūnyatā and Reality in Modern Physics Herbert Bernstein -- 9. Quantum Reality and the Concepts of Infinity, Infinitesimal and Zero in Mathematical and Vedic Sciences Radhey Shayam Kaushal -- 10. Concepts of Reality, Śūnya and Śūnyatā from the perspective of a physicist Kashyap Vasavada -- 11. Intrinsic property, Quantum vacuum and Śūnyatā Sisir Roy -- 12. Beyond Vedānta: Speculations of a Quantum Realist Rajendra Bajpai -- 13. Quantum Vacuum and Beyond: An Exegesis in the Light of the concept of Śūnya Rajeshwer Mukherjee -- 14. How to approach Śūnyatā as the Quantum Reality through Biological consciousness Bal Ram Singh -- 15. Quantum Physics, Consciousness and Śūnya S. Rammohan -- 16. The concept of Reality in Quantum Mechanics and Śūnyavāda from the perspective of Yoga Geo Lyong Lee -- 17. Quantum Mechanics shows the limit of Naïve Realism Bhakti Vijnana Muni -- 18. Subjective Evolution of Consciousness in modern Science and Vedāntic Philosophy: Particulate concept to quantum mechanics in modern science and Śūnyavāda to Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva in Vedānta Bhakti Niskama Shanta -- 19. Is Nāgārjuna’s Śūnyavāda Complimentary to Quantum Field Theory Sreekala Nair -- 20. Quantum Reality and Concept of Śūnya: Need for an Integrative Approach Surendra Singh Pokharna -- 21. The Concept of Śūnya with Reference to the pañcasakhās, the Mahimā and Modern Quantum Reality Bijayananda Kar -- 22. Quantum Reality and Śūnya Jayant Burde -- 23. Ontological Reality: Quantum theory and Emptiness in Buddhist Philosophy Geshe Damdul -- 24. Logical Interface between Quantum Physics and Śūnyatā with special reference to Theravāda and Mādhyamika Philosophy Rana Purushottam -- 25. How the Pañcakośa Model of experience fits the understanding of Śūnya and how it help Explain Quantum Reality R.M. Shetkar, Alex Hankey and H.R.Nagendra -- 26. How Physics would look like if based on the metaphysical guidelines of Śūnyavada? Debajyoti Gangopadhyay. |
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| Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Raoul Bott: Collected Papers : Volume 5 / / edited by Loring W. Tu
| Raoul Bott: Collected Papers : Volume 5 / / edited by Loring W. Tu |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (664 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Collana | Contemporary Mathematicians |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Algebraic topology Manifolds (Mathematics) Complex manifolds Global analysis (Mathematics) History of Mathematical Sciences Algebraic Topology Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology) Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds |
| ISBN | 3-319-51781-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Photographs -- Curriculum Vitae -- Bibliography of Raoul Bott -- Part I. Biographies and Commentaries: M. F. Atiyah, R. H. Bott, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows -- L. W. Tu, The life and works of Raoul Bott -- L. W. Tu, coordinating editor, Remembering Raoul Bott (1923–2005), with contributions from R. Gurdian, S. Smale, D. Mumford, A. Jaffe, S.-T. Yau, and L. W. Tu -- L. Jeffrey, Stable bundles -- L. Jeffrey, E. Verlinde’s formula -- A. Szenes, Memories of Raoul Bott -- D. Bar-Natan, On Raoul Bott’s “On invariants of manifolds” -- I. Voli´c, Configuration space integrals: bridging physics, geometry, and topology of knots and links -- A. Cattaneo, Commentary on joint papers “Integral invariants of 3-manifolds, I, II” -- L. W. Tu, Equivariant characteristic classes -- L. W. Tu, On the genesis of the Woods Hole fixed point formula -- J. Weitsman, Commentary on joint paper “Surjectivity for Hamiltonian loop group spaces” -- M. F. Atiyah, Commentary on “Report on the Woods Hole fixed point seminar” -- Part II. Papers of Raoul Bott Since 1991 -- Part III. Earlier Articles Not Included in Prior Volumes of Collected Papers -- Part IV. Speeches. |
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