The space of mathematics : philosophical, epistemological, and historical explorations / / edited by Javier Echeverria, Andoni Ibarra, Thomas Mormann |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 510 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EcheverríaJavier
IbarraAndoni MormannThomas <1951-> |
Collana | Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition =Foundations of communication and cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Philosophy
Mathematics - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-087029-0 |
Classificazione | CC 2600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introductory afterthoughts -- The Protean Character of Mathematics -- Categories of Space and of Quantity -- Structural Analogies Between Mathematical and Empirical Theories -- Reduction and Explanation: Science vs. Mathematics -- Reality, Truth, and Confirmation in Mathematics – Reflections on the Quasi-Empiricist Programme -- Tacit Knowledge in Mathematical Theory -- Structure-Similarity as a Cornerstone of the Philosophy of Mathematics -- Applying Mathematics and the Indispensability Argument -- Mathematical Structures and Physical Necessity -- The Role of Mathematics in Physical Science -- The Status of Set-theoretic Axioms in Empirical Theories -- Suppes Predicates for Classical Physics -- Mathematics in Philosophy -- Are There Revolutions in Mathematics? -- Observations, Problems and Conjectures in Number Theory – The History of the Prime Number Theorem -- Historical Aspects of the Foundations of Error Theory -- A Structuralist View of Lagrange’s Algebraic Analysis and the German Combinatorial School -- Constructivism and Objects of Mathematical Theory -- Turing’s “Oracle”: From Absolute to Relative Computability – and Back -- Computers and Mathematics: The Search for a Discipline of Computer Science -- Theories and the Flow of Information -- Structuralism and Scientific Discovery -- Towards a Typology of Intertheoretical Relations -- Index of Names -- 423-424 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464778403321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The space of mathematics : philosophical, epistemological, and historical explorations / / edited by Javier Echeverria, Andoni Ibarra, Thomas Mormann |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 510 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EcheverríaJavier
IbarraAndoni MormannThomas <1951-> |
Collana | Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition =Foundations of communication and cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Philosophy
Mathematics - History |
ISBN | 3-11-087029-0 |
Classificazione | CC 2600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introductory afterthoughts -- The Protean Character of Mathematics -- Categories of Space and of Quantity -- Structural Analogies Between Mathematical and Empirical Theories -- Reduction and Explanation: Science vs. Mathematics -- Reality, Truth, and Confirmation in Mathematics – Reflections on the Quasi-Empiricist Programme -- Tacit Knowledge in Mathematical Theory -- Structure-Similarity as a Cornerstone of the Philosophy of Mathematics -- Applying Mathematics and the Indispensability Argument -- Mathematical Structures and Physical Necessity -- The Role of Mathematics in Physical Science -- The Status of Set-theoretic Axioms in Empirical Theories -- Suppes Predicates for Classical Physics -- Mathematics in Philosophy -- Are There Revolutions in Mathematics? -- Observations, Problems and Conjectures in Number Theory – The History of the Prime Number Theorem -- Historical Aspects of the Foundations of Error Theory -- A Structuralist View of Lagrange’s Algebraic Analysis and the German Combinatorial School -- Constructivism and Objects of Mathematical Theory -- Turing’s “Oracle”: From Absolute to Relative Computability – and Back -- Computers and Mathematics: The Search for a Discipline of Computer Science -- Theories and the Flow of Information -- Structuralism and Scientific Discovery -- Towards a Typology of Intertheoretical Relations -- Index of Names -- 423-424 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788714603321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The space of mathematics : philosophical, epistemological, and historical explorations / / edited by Javier Echeverria, Andoni Ibarra, Thomas Mormann |
Edizione | [Reprint 2012] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 510 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EcheverríaJavier
IbarraAndoni MormannThomas <1951-> |
Collana | Grundlagen der Kommunikation und Kognition =Foundations of communication and cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Philosophy
Mathematics - History |
ISBN | 3-11-087029-0 |
Classificazione | CC 2600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introductory afterthoughts -- The Protean Character of Mathematics -- Categories of Space and of Quantity -- Structural Analogies Between Mathematical and Empirical Theories -- Reduction and Explanation: Science vs. Mathematics -- Reality, Truth, and Confirmation in Mathematics – Reflections on the Quasi-Empiricist Programme -- Tacit Knowledge in Mathematical Theory -- Structure-Similarity as a Cornerstone of the Philosophy of Mathematics -- Applying Mathematics and the Indispensability Argument -- Mathematical Structures and Physical Necessity -- The Role of Mathematics in Physical Science -- The Status of Set-theoretic Axioms in Empirical Theories -- Suppes Predicates for Classical Physics -- Mathematics in Philosophy -- Are There Revolutions in Mathematics? -- Observations, Problems and Conjectures in Number Theory – The History of the Prime Number Theorem -- Historical Aspects of the Foundations of Error Theory -- A Structuralist View of Lagrange’s Algebraic Analysis and the German Combinatorial School -- Constructivism and Objects of Mathematical Theory -- Turing’s “Oracle”: From Absolute to Relative Computability – and Back -- Computers and Mathematics: The Search for a Discipline of Computer Science -- Theories and the Flow of Information -- Structuralism and Scientific Discovery -- Towards a Typology of Intertheoretical Relations -- Index of Names -- 423-424 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815881203321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : W. de Gruyter, , 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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