9780198236085
Mathematics As A Science Of Patterns - Michael D. Resnik
Clarendon Press (1997)
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Mathematics - Philosophy

This book expounds 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 defense of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics--the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.

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LoC Classification QA8.4 .R473 1997
Dewey 510.1
Format Hardcover
Cover Price 180,00 €
No. of Pages 304
Height x Width 230 mm
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