The Philosophy of Mathematics Today

ISBN-13: 9780199262625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 656 str.

Matthias Schirn

Opis

This comprehensive volume gives a panorama of the best current work in this lively field, through twenty specially written essays by the leading figures in the field. All essays deal with foundational issues, from the nature of mathematical knowledge and mathematical existence to logical consequence, abstraction, and the notions of set and natural number. The contributors also represent and criticize a variety of prominent approaches to the philosophy of mathematics, including platonism, realism, normalism, constructivism, and formalism.

Recenzje

Philosophy of Mathematics Today, a volume that collects together papers by many of the leading contemporary figures in the field, provides ample evidence that reflection upon mathematics and mathematical logic continues to provoke some of the most sophisticated and searching philosophical enquiry engaged in to date ... a formidable collection.