0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations

Buy Now

A Structural Account of Mathematics (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R1,626
Discovery Miles 16 260
A Structural Account of Mathematics (Paperback, New edition): Charles S. Chihara

A Structural Account of Mathematics (Paperback, New edition)

Charles S. Chihara

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,626 Discovery Miles 16 260 | Repayment Terms: R152 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Charles Chihara's new book develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. The view is used to show that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are applied in science and everyday life, it is not necessary to assume that its theorems either presuppose mathematical objects or are even true.
Chihara builds upon his previous work, in which he presented a new system of mathematics, the constructibility theory, which did not make reference to, or resuppose, mathematical objects. Now he develops the project further by analyzing mathematical systems currently used by scientists to show how such systems are compatible with this nominalistic outlook. He advances several new ways of undermining the heavily discussed indispensability argument for the existence of mathematical objects made famous by Willard Quine and Hilary Putnam. And Chihara presents a rationale for the nominalistic outlook that is quite different from those generally put forward, which he maintains have led to serious misunderstandings.
A Structural Account of Mathematics will be required reading for anyone working in this field.

General

Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2007
First published: July 2007
Authors: Charles S. Chihara
Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 396
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-922807-2
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-922807-8
Barcode: 9780199228072

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Principia Mathematica
Russell Bertrand Russell Hardcover R1,292 Discovery Miles 12 920
Principia Mathematica
Russell Bertrand Russell Hardcover R1,332 Discovery Miles 13 320
Logic from Russell to Church, Volume 5
Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods Hardcover R5,602 Discovery Miles 56 020
Logic for Physicists
Nicolas A Pereyra Paperback R793 Discovery Miles 7 930
Elements of Geometry Upon the Inductive…
James Hayward Paperback R489 Discovery Miles 4 890
Elementary Lessons in Logic - Deductive…
William Stanley Jevons Paperback R600 Discovery Miles 6 000
The Facts Matter - Essays on Logic and…
Sujata Ghosh Paperback R453 Discovery Miles 4 530
Best Books gegradeerde leesreeks: Vlak 1…
Best Books Paperback R95 R90 Discovery Miles 900
From Quantum Information to Musical…
Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Roberto Giuntini, … Paperback R550 Discovery Miles 5 500
Foundation Maths
Anthony Croft, Robert Davison Paperback R1,838 Discovery Miles 18 380
A Practice Book In Arithmetic For The…
Harriet E Sharpe Hardcover R818 Discovery Miles 8 180
Algebras, Lattices, Varieties - Volume…
Ralph S Freese, Ralph N. McKenzie, … Paperback R3,238 Discovery Miles 32 380

See more

Partners