Paperback. 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 ofmathematics. 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 herepresented 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. Michael Resnik calls mathematics a science on the grounds 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Titre: Mathematics as a Science of Patterns (Paperback)
�diteur: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Date de parution: 1999
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0198250142
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780198250142
Reliure: Paperback
�tat de l'article: new

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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.

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

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