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Defending the Axioms - On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,816
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Defending the Axioms - On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory (Hardcover, New): Penelope Maddy

Defending the Axioms - On the Philosophical Foundations of Set Theory (Hardcover, New)

Penelope Maddy

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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly naturalistic or second-philosophical point of view, Defending the Axioms isolates the appropriate methods for such evaluations and investigates the ontological and epistemological backdrop that makes them appropriate. In the end, a new account of the objectivity of mathematics emerges, one refreshingly free of metaphysical commitments.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2011
First published: March 2011
Authors: Penelope Maddy
Dimensions: 223 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-959618-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
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LSN: 0-19-959618-2
Barcode: 9780199596188

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