| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I, The problem. The origins of set theory ; Set theory as a foundation ; The standard axioms ; Independent questions ; New axiom candidates -- Part II, Realism. Gödelian realism ; Quinean realism ; Set theoretic realism ; A realist's case against ; Hints of trouble ; Indispensability and scientific practice ; Indispensability and mathematical practice -- Part III, Naturalism. Wittgensteinian anti-philosophy ; A second Gödelian theme ; Quinean naturalism ; Mathematical naturalism ; The problem revisited ; A naturalist's case against. |
| Summary |
Set theory has rendered the notion of self-evident truths to be obsolete in mathematics. Penelope Maddy examines this dilemma using the minimum of technical jargon. Set theory is explained in a manner that can be understood by non-mathematicians. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy. |
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Naturalism.
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Naturalism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maddy, Penelope. Naturalism in mathematics. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0198235739 9780198235736 (DLC) 97012665 (OCoLC)36590083 |
| ISBN |
0198250754 |
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9780198250753 |
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9780198235736 (electronic book) |
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0198235739 (electronic book) |
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