A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of
mathematics from one of its leading thinkers Mathematics is a model
of precision and objectivity, but it appears distinct from the
empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential
knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions.
How can these two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This
concise book provides a systematic, accessible introduction to the
field that is trying to answer that question: the philosophy of
mathematics. Oystein Linnebo, one of the world's leading scholars
on the subject, introduces all of the classical approaches to the
field as well as more specialized issues, including mathematical
intuition, potential infinity, and the search for new mathematical
axioms. Sophisticated but clear and approachable, this is an
essential book for all students and teachers of philosophy and of
mathematics.
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