| Description |
1 online resource (181 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Mathematical Image; CHAPTER 2 Platonism; The Original Platonist; Some Recent Views; What is Platonism?; The Problem of Access; The Problem of Certainty; Platonism and its Rivals; CHAPTER 3 Picture-proofs and Platonism; Bolzano's 'Purely Analytic Proof'; What Did Bolzano Do?; Different Theorems, Different Concepts?; Inductive Mathematics; Special and General Cases; Instructive Examples; Representation; A Kantian Objection; Three Analogies; Are Pictures Explanatory? |
| Summary |
This text discusses the great philosophers and the importance of mathematics to their thought. It includes topics such as: the mathematical image; platonism; picture-proofs; applied mathematics; Hilbert and Godel; knots and nations; definitions; and picture-proofs and Wittgenstein |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203980378 |
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0203980379 |
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