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Philosophy of mathematics : structure and ontology / Stewart Shapiro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Stewart, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
- Other Title:
- Structure and ontology
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text argues that both realist and anti-realist accounts of mathematics are problematic. It articulates a structuralist approach, arguing that the subject matter of a mathematical theory is not a fixed domain of numbers.
- Contents:
- 1. Mathematics and Its Philosophy
- 2. Object and Truth: A Realist Manifesto
- 3. Structure
- 4. Epistemology and Reference
- 5. How We Got Here
- 6. Practice: Construction, Modality, Logic
- 7. Modality, Structure, Ontology
- 8. Life Outside Mathematics: Structure and Reality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028252-5
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