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A fascinating journey through intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, and a lively introduction to this contemporary topic. Features a wide variety of examples from both elementary and advanced mathematics.
A fascinating journey through intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, and a lively introduction to this contemporary topic. Features a wide variety of examples from both elementary and advanced mathematics.
Über den Autor
Mark Colyvan is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the co-author (with Lev Ginzburg) of Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow (2004) and author of The Indispensability of Mathematics (2001).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Mathematics and its philosophy; 2. The limits of mathematics; 3. Plato's heaven; 4. Fiction, metaphor, and partial truths; 5. Mathematical explanation; 6. The applicability of mathematics; 7. Who's afraid of inconsistent mathematics?; 8. A rose by any other name; 9. Epilogue: desert island theorems.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521533416 |
ISBN-10: | 0521533414 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Colyvan, Mark |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 244 x 170 x 12 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mark Colyvan |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.02.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,355 kg |
Über den Autor
Mark Colyvan is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the co-author (with Lev Ginzburg) of Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow (2004) and author of The Indispensability of Mathematics (2001).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Mathematics and its philosophy; 2. The limits of mathematics; 3. Plato's heaven; 4. Fiction, metaphor, and partial truths; 5. Mathematical explanation; 6. The applicability of mathematics; 7. Who's afraid of inconsistent mathematics?; 8. A rose by any other name; 9. Epilogue: desert island theorems.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Philosophie |
Jahrhundert: | Antike |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521533416 |
ISBN-10: | 0521533414 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Colyvan, Mark |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 244 x 170 x 12 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mark Colyvan |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.02.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,355 kg |
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