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Mathematics as a science of patterns /

Resnik expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics and links this to a defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics - the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Resnik, Michael D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy
Wiskunde.
Realisme (filosofie)
Kennistheorie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Resnik expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics and links this to a defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics - the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.
ISBN:9780198236085
0198236085
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0191598291
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6611970371
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