Mathematics As a Science of Patterns - Couverture souple

Resnik, Michael D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198250142 ISBN 13 : 9780198250142

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Mathematics as a Science of Patterns is the definitive exposition of a system of ideas about the nature of mathematics which Michael Resnik has been elaborating for a number of years. In calling mathematics 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 defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics--the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.

Resnik's distinctive philosophy of mathematics is here presented in an accessible and systematic form: it will be of value not only to specialists in this area, but to philosophers, mathematicians, and logicians interested in the relationship between these three disciplines, or in truth, realism, and epistemology.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael D. Resnik is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198250142
• ISBN 13: 9780198250142
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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