Øystein Linnebo

Gebundenes Buch

Philosophy of Mathematics

Beschreibung

Mathematics is one of humanity's most successful yet puzzling endeavors. It is a model of precision and objectivity, but appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions. How can these two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This concise book provides a systematic yet accessible introduction to the field that is trying to answer that question: the philosophy of mathematics.

Autor

Øystein Linnebo is professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, and previously held positions in Bristol, London, and Oxford. He is the coeditor of New Waves in the Philosophy of Mathematics and the author of Thin Objects: An Abstractionist Approach (forthcoming).

Produktdetails

• Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 146mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780691161402
• ISBN-10: 0691161402
• Artikelnr.: 47056021

Rezensionen

"This is a good introduction to the philosophy of mathematics--clear and concise, and with original observations and a coherent point of view."--John P. Burgess, Princeton University