Philosophy of mathematics books

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Mathematician with the Soul of a Poet: Poems and Plays of Sofia Kovalevskaya

Mathematician with the Soul of a Poet: Poems and Plays...

Author: Sofia Kovalevskaya ,  Sandra DeLozier Coleman
ISBN: 9798985029802
Format: Paperback
$41.40

Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first woman to earn a PhD in math and the Prix Bordin, but her poems and plays reveal...  Read More >>

Mathematician with the Soul of a Poet: Poems and Plays of Sofia Kovalevskaya

Mathematician with the Soul of a Poet: Poems and Plays...

Author: Sofia Kovalevskaya ,  Sandra DeLozier Coleman
ISBN: 9798985029819
Format: Hardback
$59.49

Sofia Kovalevskaya was the first woman to earn a PhD in math and the Prix Bordin, but her poems and plays reveal...  Read More >>

Geschichte der Mathematik in ihren Kontexten: Neue Zugänge

Geschichte der Mathematik in ihren Kontexten: Neue Zugänge...

Author: Gert Schubring
ISBN: 9783030694821
Format: Paperback
$42.36

Dieses Buch ist konzipiert für angehende und praktizierende Mathematiklehrer; es richtet sich aber auch generell...  Read More >>

Martin Kneser Collected Works

Martin Kneser Collected Works

Author: Ulf Rehmann ,  Yuri Tschinkel
ISBN: 9783030816247
Format: Hardback
$194.04

This volume presents the collection of mathematical articles by Martin Kneser, reprinted in the original language...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies

Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary...

Author: Ahmet Cevik
ISBN: 9781032022680
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This book explores the foundations of mathematical thought. The aim of this book is to encourage young mathematicians...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies

Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary...

Author: Ahmet Cevik
ISBN: 9781032121284
Format: Hardback
$179.00

This book explores the foundations of mathematical thought. The aim of this book is to encourage young mathematicians...  Read More >>

Founding Mathematics on Semantic Conventions

Founding Mathematics on Semantic Conventions

Author: Casper Storm Hansen
ISBN: 9783030885335
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book presents a new nominalistic philosophy of mathematics: semantic conventionalism. Its central thesis is...  Read More >>

Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic

Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology...

Author: Julian Havil
ISBN: 9780691206134
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Curves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected...  Read More >>

Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity

Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve...

Author: David S. Richeson
ISBN: 9780691218724
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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The Metaphysics and Mathematics of Arbitrary Objects

The Metaphysics and Mathematics of Arbitrary Objects...

Author: Leon Horsten (University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9781108706599
Format: Paperback
$80.19

This book develops a new theory of arbitrary entities and connects it to issues and debates in metaphysics and contemporary...  Read More >>

Kant's Mathematical World: Mathematics, Cognition, and Experience

Kant's Mathematical World: Mathematics, Cognition, and...

Author: Daniel Sutherland (University of Illinois, Chicago)
ISBN: 9781108429962
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Kant's Mathematical World aims to transform our understanding of Kant's philosophy of mathematics and his account...  Read More >>

Decidability of Logical Theories and Their Combination

Decidability of Logical Theories and Their Combination...

Author: João Rasga ,  Cristina Sernadas
ISBN: 9783030565565
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This textbook provides a self-contained introduction to decidability of first-order theories and their combination....  Read More >>

Paradoxes and Inconsistent Mathematics

Paradoxes and Inconsistent Mathematics

Author: Zach Weber (University of Otago, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781108834414
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Contradictions arise in the everyday, from the smallest points to the widest boundaries. In this book, Zach Weber...  Read More >>

99 Variations on a Proof

99 Variations on a Proof

Author: Philip Ording
ISBN: 9780691218977
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theoremThis book offers a multifaceted...  Read More >>

Uncountable: A Philosophical History of Number and Humanity from Antiquity to the Present

Uncountable: A Philosophical History of Number and Humanity...

Author: David Nirenberg ,  Ricardo L Nirenberg
ISBN: 9780226646985
Format: Hardback
$54.95

Ranging from math to literature to philosophy, Uncountable explains how numbers triumphed as the basis of knowledge—and...  Read More >>

In Pursuit of Zeta-3: The World's Most Mysterious Unsolved Math Problem

In Pursuit of Zeta-3: The World's Most Mysterious Unsolved...

Author: Paul Nahin
ISBN: 9780691206073
Format: Hardback
$39.99

For centuries, mathematicians the world over have tried, and failed, to solve the zeta-3 problem. Math genius Leonhard...  Read More >>

Referring to the World: An Opinionated Introduction to the Theory of Reference

Referring to the World: An Opinionated Introduction...

Author: Kenneth A. Taylor (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University)
ISBN: 9780195144741
Format: Hardback
$169.95

Our words and ideas refer to objects and properties in the external world; this phenomenon is central to thought,...  Read More >>

Risk Theory: Rational Decision in the Face of Chance, Uncertainty, and Risk

Risk Theory: Rational Decision in the Face of Chance,...

Author: Nicholas Rescher
ISBN: 9783030785017
Format: Paperback
$142.29

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Map of the World: An Introduction to Mathematical Geodesy

Map of the World: An Introduction to Mathematical Geodesy...

Author: Martin Vermeer ,  Antti Rasila
ISBN: 9781032177540
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Mathematical Geodesy refers to the calculus of observation, the validation of measurements and mathematical models,...  Read More >>

Tractatus in Context: The Essential Background for Appreciating Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus in Context: The Essential Background for Appreciating...

Author: James C. Klagge
ISBN: 9780367465568
Format: Paperback
$83.99

In Tractatus in Context, James C. Klagge presents the vital background necessary for appreciating Wittgenstein’s...  Read More >>

Metametaphysics and the Sciences: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Metametaphysics and the Sciences: Historical and Philosophical...

Author: Frode Kjosavik ,  Camilla Serck-Hanssen
ISBN: 9781032176833
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This collection addresses metaphysical issues at the intersection of philosophy and science. In asking how metaphysics...  Read More >>

Tractatus in Context: The Essential Background for Appreciating Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus in Context: The Essential Background for Appreciating...

Author: James C. Klagge
ISBN: 9780367466336
Format: Hardback
$284.00

In Tractatus in Context, James C. Klagge presents the vital background necessary for appreciating Wittgenstein’s...  Read More >>

A Middle Way: A Non-Fundamental Approach to Many-Body Physics

A Middle Way: A Non-Fundamental Approach to Many-Body...

Author: Robert W. Batterman (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
ISBN: 9780197568613
Format: Hardback
$169.95

"Robert W. Batterman's monograph examines a ubiquitous methodology in physics and the science of materials that...  Read More >>

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