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Realism in Mathematics.

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This monograph develops and defends a novel version of mathematical realism - the view that to engage in mathematics is to investigate the features of real mathematical things - and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maddy, Penelope
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Realism.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Réalisme.
Mathematics > Philosophy
Realism
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This monograph develops and defends a novel version of mathematical realism - the view that to engage in mathematics is to investigate the features of real mathematical things - and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (217 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-197) and index.
ISBN:9780191519765
0191519766
1281980994
9781281980991
9786611980993
6611980997