Philosophy of mathematics books

Contains ten essays, discussing Benacerrafian themes within and outside the philosophy of mathematics. This volume...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive account of the foundational issues raised in the relationship between mathematical advances of the...  Read More >>

This volume offers a selection of the most interesting and important work from recent years in the philosophy of...  Read More >>

Presents descriptions, explanations and examples of the Bayesian approach to statistics. This book demonstrates...  Read More >>

What did it mean to be reasonable in the Age of Reason? This title demonstrates how this view profoundly shaped...  Read More >>

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Includes mathematical issues, and also questions from the philosophy of mathematics, the psychology of mathematical...  Read More >>

This is intended as a textbook on the history, philosophy and foundations of mathematics, primarily for students...  Read More >>

The concept of infinity has been for hundreds of years one of the most fascinating and elusive ideas to tantalize...  Read More >>

These essays deal, from various perspectives, with the central confrontation within modern culture of two irreconcilable...  Read More >>

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This book examines Aristotle's critical reaction to the mathematical cosmology of Plato's Academy, and traces the...  Read More >>

This text is based on a Royal Society Meeting on Chaos and Forecasting held in London in 1994, that covered fields...  Read More >>

W.V. Quine has contributed extensively to the substance, pedagogy and philosophy of mathematical logic. This text,...  Read More >>

Revolutions in a field of science are often made by outsiders (""trespassers"") who are not limited by established...  Read More >>

For more than two generations, W.V. Quine has contributed fundamentally to the substance, the pedagogy and the philosophy...  Read More >>

Frege was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher whose work had enormous impact on Bertrand Russell and later...  Read More >>

Der Bericht über das Leben Ramanujans, des vielleicht größten mathematischen Genies des 20. Jahrhunderts, liest...  Read More >>

A text on set theory for use in mathematics and philosophy courses. The intuitive development in the first chapters...  Read More >>

Provides for the first time a full, descriptive bibliography of Russell's writings. Textually orientated, it will...  Read More >>

The first European Congress of Mathematics was held in Paris from July 6 to July 10, 1992, at the Sorbonne and Pantheon-Sorbonne...  Read More >>

Examines the ways in which mathematical works can be read as texts, examines their textual strategies and demonstrates...  Read More >>