Resnik, Michael D.
Description
This book expounds a system of ideas about the nature of mathematics which Michael Resnik has been elaborating for a number of years. In calling mathe
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matics a science he implies that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical knowledge is on a par with other scientific knowledge; in calling it a science of patterns he expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this to a defense of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics--the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.
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Genres
Science & Technology
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Mathematics
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Suspenseful & Thrilling
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Month-Year
Mar, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780198250142
ISBN-10: 0198250142
Language
English
No. of Pages
304
Format
Paperback
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