Defending the Axioms: On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory - Couverture rigide

Maddy, Penelope

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199596182 ISBN 13 : 9780199596188

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly naturalistic or second-philosophical point of view, Defending the Axioms isolates the appropriate methods for such evaluations and investigates the ontological and epistemological backdrop that makes them appropriate. In the end, a new account of the objectivity of mathematics emerges, one refreshingly free of metaphysical commitments.

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À propos de l?auteur

Penelope Maddy is Distinguished Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Naturalism in Mathematics (OUP, 1997), Realism in Mathematics (OUP, 1992), and Second Philosophy (OUP, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199596182
• ISBN 13: 9780199596188
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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