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Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all?

Title
Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all? / Ian Hacking.
Author
Hacking, Ian
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Book/textUse in library JFE 16-7931Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Subject
  • Mathematics > Philosophy
  • Proof theory
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-280) and index.
Contents
Cartesian introduction -- What makes mathematics mathematics? -- Why is there philosophy of mathematics -- Proofs -- Applications -- In Plato's name -- Counter-platonisms.
Call Number
JFE 16-7931
ISBN
  • 1107050170
  • 9781107050174
  • 1107658152
  • 9781107658158
LCCN
9781107658158
OCLC
857646038
Author
Hacking, Ian, author.
Title
Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all? / Ian Hacking.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description
xv, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-280) and index.
Summary
Hacking explores how mathematics became possible for the human race, and how it ensured our status as the dominant species.
Other Standard Identifier
9781107658158
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7931
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