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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 7/7/22 I picked up this book in an old book-store. Although, I did not understand every single detail, but I enjoyed learning the groups within Philosophy of Mathematics. It will give you an outline in Philosophy of Mathematics. I learnt some new terms as Finitism, Transfinitism and Methodological Finitism. Maybe if you're interested to knowing what's Philosophy of Mathematics is about, you might want to read this. Otherwise, it would be boring. I picked up this book in an old book-store. Although, I did not understand every single detail, but I enjoyed learning the groups within Philosophy of Mathematics. It will give you an outline in Philosophy of Mathematics. I learnt some new terms as Finitism, Transfinitism and Methodological Finitism. Maybe if you're interested to knowing what's Philosophy of Mathematics is about, you might want to read this. Otherwise, it would be boring. no reviews | add a review
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Concise, accessible sketches of the views of Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz, and Kant highlight this study of the general structure and foundation of pure and applied mathematics. Author Stephan Körner dedicates two chapters apiece -- one expository and one critical -- to each of the three main modern schools of thought on mathematical philosophy: the formalists, the logicists, and the intuitionists. After critically examining the propositions and theories of each philosophy, Körner presents a new position concerning the relation between mathematical theories, empirical data, and philosophical presuppositions. The Review of Metaphysics praised this volume as "a lucid and stimulating essay which combines accuracy and sophistication with a minimum of technical language." Compact but comprehensive, this nontechnical introduction will appeal to professionals, students, and other readers interested in the intersection of philosophical problems with pure and applied mathematics. No library descriptions found. |
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