Mathematical Knowledge
Author:   Mary Leng (University of Liverpool) ,  Alexander Paseau (University of Oxford) ,  Michael Potter (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199228249


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Format:   Hardback
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What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions. Written by some of the world's leading philosophers of mathematics, psychologists, and mathematicians, Mathematical Knowledge gives a lively sense of the current state of debate in this fascinating field.

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Author:   Mary Leng (University of Liverpool) ,  Alexander Paseau (University of Oxford) ,  Michael Potter (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.477kg
ISBN:  

9780199228249


ISBN 10:   0199228248
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Mary Leng: Introduction 1: Michael Potter: What is the problem of mathematical knowledge? 2: W. T. Gowers: Mathematics, memory, and mental arithmetic 3: Alan Baker: Is there a problem of induction for mathematics? 4: Marinella Cappelletti and Valeria Giardino: The cognitive basis of mathematical knowledge 5: Mary Leng: What's there to know? A fictionalist account of mathematical knowledge 6: Mark Colyvan: Mathematical recreation versus mathematical knowledge 7: Alexander Paseau: Scientific Platonism 8: Crispin Wright: On quantifying into predicate position: Steps towards a new(trialist) perspective

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This book is a valuable introduction to current thinking in the philosophy of mathematics as it looks for a new direction. Jeremy Gray, MAA Online


<br>Outlined in Mathematical Reviews<br> This book is a valuable introduction to current thinking in the philosophy of mathematics as it looks for a new direction. --Jeremy Gray, MAA Online<br>


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