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Realism in Mathematics (Paperback, Revised): Penelope Maddy

Realism in Mathematics (Paperback, Revised)

Penelope Maddy

Series: Clarendon Paperbacks

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When engaged in mathematics, most people tend to think of themselves as scientists investigating the features of real mathematical things, and the wildly successful application of mathematics in the physical sciences reinforces this picture of mathematics as an objective study. For philosophers, however, this realism about mathematics raises serious questions: What are mathematical things? Where are they? How do we know about them? Penelope Maddy delineates and defends a novel version of mathematical realism that answers the traditional questions and refocuses philosophical attention on the pressing foundational issues of contemporary mathematics.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Clarendon Paperbacks
Release date: September 1992
First published: September 1992
Authors: Penelope Maddy (Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions: 217 x 139 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-824035-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
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LSN: 0-19-824035-X
Barcode: 9780198240358

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