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Ecological Orbits - How Planets Move and Populations Grow (Hardcover, New): Lev Ginzburg, Mark Colyvan Ecological Orbits - How Planets Move and Populations Grow (Hardcover, New)
Lev Ginzburg, Mark Colyvan
R1,236 R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Save R132 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal effects, specifically the significance of a mother's interest in the success of her female offspring.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Paperback, New): Mark Colyvan An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Paperback, New)
Mark Colyvan
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This introduction to the philosophy of mathematics focuses on contemporary debates in an important and central area of philosophy. The reader is taken on a fascinating and entertaining journey through some intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, including such topics as the realism/anti-realism debate in mathematics, mathematical explanation, the limits of mathematics, the significance of mathematical notation, inconsistent mathematics and the applications of mathematics. Each chapter has a number of discussion questions and recommended further reading from both the contemporary literature and older sources. Very little mathematical background is assumed and all of the mathematics encountered is clearly introduced and explained using a wide variety of examples. The book is suitable for an undergraduate course in philosophy of mathematics and, more widely, for anyone interested in philosophy and mathematics.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Hardcover, New): Mark Colyvan An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Hardcover, New)
Mark Colyvan
R2,138 R2,028 Discovery Miles 20 280 Save R110 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This introduction to the philosophy of mathematics focuses on contemporary debates in an important and central area of philosophy. The reader is taken on a fascinating and entertaining journey through some intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, including such topics as the realism/anti-realism debate in mathematics, mathematical explanation, the limits of mathematics, the significance of mathematical notation, inconsistent mathematics and the applications of mathematics. Each chapter has a number of discussion questions and recommended further reading from both the contemporary literature and older sources. Very little mathematical background is assumed and all of the mathematics encountered is clearly introduced and explained using a wide variety of examples. The book is suitable for an undergraduate course in philosophy of mathematics and, more widely, for anyone interested in philosophy and mathematics.

The Indispensability of Mathematics (Paperback, Revised): Mark Colyvan The Indispensability of Mathematics (Paperback, Revised)
Mark Colyvan
R1,302 Discovery Miles 13 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book devotes significant attention to the doctrine of naturalism and its relevance to disputes within the philosophy of mathematics.

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