
Realism in Mathematics.
Title:
Realism in Mathematics.
Author:
Maddy, Penelope.
ISBN:
9780191519765
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Contents:
PREFACE -- Contents -- 1. Realism -- 1. Pre-theoretic realism -- 2. Realism in philosophy -- 3. Realism and truth -- 4. Realism in mathematics -- 2. Perception and Intuition -- 1. What is the question? -- 2. Perception -- 3. Intuition -- 4. Gödelian Platonism -- 3. Numbers -- 1. What numbers could not be -- 2. Numbers as properties -- 3. Frege numbers -- 4. Axioms -- 1. Reals and sets of reals -- 2. Axiomatization -- 3. Open problems -- 4. Competing theories -- 5. The challenge -- 5. Monism and Beyond -- 1. Monism -- 2. Field's nominalism -- 3. Structuralism -- 4. Summary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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