| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. What is Mathematical Realism? -- 3. The Case for Mathematical Realism -- 4. Recent Attempts at Blunting the Indispensability Thesis -- 5. Doubts about Realism -- 6. The Elusive Distinction between Mathematics and Natural Science -- 7. Holism: Evidence in Science and Mathematics -- 8. The Local Conception of Mathematical Evidence: Proof, Computation, and Logic -- 9. Positing Mathematical Objects -- 10. Mathematical Objects as Positions in Patterns -- 11. Patterns and Mathematical Knowledge -- 12. What is Structuralism? And Other Questions |
| Summary |
Resnik expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics and links this to a defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics - the view that mathematics is about things that really exist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy
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Wiskunde.
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Realisme (filosofie)
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Kennistheorie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96051610 |
| ISBN |
9780198236085 |
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0198236085 |
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0191519006 |
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9780191519000 |
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9780191598296 |
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0191598291 |
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9786611970376 |
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6611970371 |
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1281970379 |
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9781281970374 |
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