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Concerned with the problem of existence in mathematics, this volume develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of constructibility. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach in the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy and Kitcher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chihara, Charles S., 1932-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1990.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Constructive mathematics.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Mathématiques constructives.
Logique symbolique et mathématique.
MATHEMATICS > Infinity.
MATHEMATICS > Logic.
Constructive mathematics
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Mathematics > Philosophy
Constructieve wiskunde.
Filosofie.
Ontologie (filosofie)
Filosofia da matemática.
Matemática construtiva.
Lógica matemática.
Mathematics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Concerned with the problem of existence in mathematics, this volume develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of constructibility. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach in the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy and Kitcher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
ISBN:9780191520006
0191520004
9780191597190
0191597198