Description
| Product ID: | 9780262542234 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics |
| Authors: | Author: Joel David Hamkins |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Mathematics, Mathematics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An introduction to the philosophy of mathematics grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. In this book, Joel David Hamkins offers an introduction to the philosophy of mathematics that is grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. He treats philosophical issues as they arise organically in mathematics, discussing such topics as platonism, realism, logicism, structuralism, formalism, infinity, and intuitionism in mathematical contexts. He organizes the book by mathematical themes--numbers, rigor, geometry, proof, computability, incompleteness, and set theory--that give rise again and again to philosophical considerations. |
| Imprint Name: | MIT Press |
| Publisher Name: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-09 |