Constructibility and Mathematical Existence (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Couverture souple

Chihara, Charles S.

 
9780198239758: Constructibility and Mathematical Existence (Clarendon Paperbacks)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0198239750 ISBN 13 : 9780198239758
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book is concerned with `the problem of existence in mathematics'. It develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of the constructibility of certain sorts of things. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach through an examination of the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy, Kitcher, and others.

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Recensione

`More than half of this important book is devoted to extended, largely informal discussions of just about everybody engaged in post-Quinean philosophy of mathematics ... Especially delightful are Chihara's exchanges with all or almost all of these philosophers in the form of personal correspondence.' Review of Metaphysics

'the book is written in a lively, engaging style and is filled with penetrating analyses and careful thought ... I recommend it to anyone with a serious interest in the philosophy of mathematics.' Stewart Shapiro, Ohio State University, Mind, Vol. 101, No. 402, April 1992

'an important work in the philosophy of mathematics, well deserving of more careful study and analysis than there has been room for here'John P. Burgess, Princeton University, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 101, No. 4, (October 1992)

Contenuti

PART I: THE CONSTRUCTIBILITY THEORY: The Problem of Existence in Mathematics; The Constructibility Quantifiers; Constructibility and Open-Sentences; The Deductive System; Cardinality and Number Theory; Measurable Quantities and Analysis. PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Mathematical Structuralism; Science Without Numbers; Why Burgess is a Moderate Realist; Maddy's Solution to the Problem of Reference; Kitcher's Ideal Agents; Deflationism and Mathematical Truth. Appendix; Field's Nominalistic Logical Theory.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198239750
ISBN 13 
9780198239758
Reliure
Copertina flessibile
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
Messaggerie Libri
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Assago Milano
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9780198248170: Constructibility and Mathematical Existence

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ISBN 10 :  0198248172 ISBN 13 :  9780198248170
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1990
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