Philosophy of mathematics books

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Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning: Philosophical Papers, Volume I

Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning: Philosophical...

Author: Nathan Salmon (University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9780199281763
Format: Hardback
$257.00

Brings together Nathan Salmon's papers on topics in the metaphysics of existence, non-existence, and fiction; modality...  Read More >>

Der jugendliche Einstein und Aarau: Einsteins letztes Schuljahr - Relativität, Brownsche Bewegung, Lichtquanten und Astrophysik

Der jugendliche Einstein und Aarau: Einsteins letztes...

Author: Herbert Hunziker
ISBN: 9783764374440
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Begleitband zur Jubiläumsveranstaltung 2005, Alte Kantonsschule Aarau  Read More >>

Graßmann

Graßmann

Author: Hans-Joachim Petsche
ISBN: 9783764372576
Format: Hardback
$237.47

Hermann Graßmann, Gymnasiallehrer in Stettin und bekannt als Begründer der n-dimensionalen Vektoralgebra, erwarb...  Read More >>

Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics

Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy...

Author: S.G. Shanker
ISBN: 9780415382861
Format: Hardback
$230.00

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester, Volume 1

The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester,...

Author: James Joseph Sylvester
ISBN: 9780821836545
Format: Hardback
$116.60

Contains papers including the one on the theory of the Syzygetic Relations of two Rational Integral Functions, comprising...  Read More >>

18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics...

Author: Reuben Hersh
ISBN: 9780387257174
Format: Paperback
$184.67

Browsing the Web, I stumbled on philosophers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, computer scientists, even mathematicians!—saying...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös

Author: George P. Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540220176
Format: DVD-ROM
$131.87

DVD-Video NTSC, length 57 minutes. The Story of a Wandering Mathematician Obsessed with Unsolved Problems LEHR-Programm...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös

Author: George P. Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540224693
Format: DVD-ROM
$184.67

DVD-Video PAL, length 57 minutes. The Story of a Wandering Mathematician Obsessed with Unsolved Problems LEHR-Programm...  Read More >>

Codici cifrati: Arne Beurling e la crittografia nella II guerra mondiale

Codici cifrati: Arne Beurling e la crittografia nella...

Author: Bengt Beckman
ISBN: 9788847003163
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Fixing Frege

Fixing Frege

Author: John P. Burgess
ISBN: 9780691122311
Format: Hardback
$130.00

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Mathematics in Philosophy: Selected Essays

Mathematics in Philosophy: Selected Essays

Author: Charles D. Parsons
ISBN: 9780801489815
Format: Paperback
$100.19

This important book by a major American philosopher brings together eleven essays treating problems in logic and...  Read More >>

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity...

Author: Luke Hodgkin (King's College, London)
ISBN: 9780198529378
Format: Hardback
$213.95

Covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. This book...  Read More >>

Set Theory: Boolean-Valued Models and Independence Proofs

Set Theory: Boolean-Valued Models and Independence Proofs...

Author: John L. Bell (Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario)
ISBN: 9780198568520
Format: Hardback
$164.95

This monograph is a follow up to the author's classic text Boolean-Valued Models and Independence Proofs in Set...  Read More >>

Interpolation and Definability: Modal and Intuitionistic Logics

Interpolation and Definability: Modal and Intuitionistic...

Author: Dov M. Gabbay (, Department of Computer Science, King's College London) ,  Larisa Maksimova (, Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia)
ISBN: 9780198511748
Format: Hardback
$374.00

This monograph is on interpolation and definability, a notion central in pure logic and with significant meaning...  Read More >>

Perplexingly Easy: Selected Correspondence Between William Rowan Hamilton and Peter Guthrie Tait

Perplexingly Easy: Selected Correspondence Between William...

Author: David R. Wilkins
ISBN: 9781871408317
Format: Paperback
$80.63

Presents selected letters from the correspondence of Hamilton and Tait during the period from November 1858 to October...  Read More >>

Visualization, Explanation and Reasoning Styles in Mathematics

Visualization, Explanation and Reasoning Styles in Mathematics...

Author: P. Mancosu ,  Klaus Frovin Jørgensen
ISBN: 9781402033346
Format: Hardback
$472.56

In the 20th century philosophy of mathematics has to a great extent been dominated by views developed during the...  Read More >>

Mathematical Reasoning and Heuristics

Mathematical Reasoning and Heuristics

Author: C. Cellucci ,  D. Gillies
ISBN: 9781904987079
Format: Paperback
$64.68

This volume is a collection of papers on philosophy of mathematics which deal with a series of questions quite different...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and...

Author: Stewart Shapiro (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780195148770
Format: Hardback
$170.95

Covers the state of the art in the philosophy of maths and logic, giving the reader an overview of the major problems,...  Read More >>

Geometrie Der Beruhrungstransformationen

Geometrie Der Beruhrungstransformationen

Author: Sophus Lie
ISBN: 9780821837795
Format: Hardback
$116.60

Presents the author's work on the geometry of contact transformation.  Read More >>

The Provenance of Pure Reason: Essays in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Its History

The Provenance of Pure Reason: Essays in the Philosophy...

Author: William Tait (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9780195141924
Format: Hardback
$230.00

William Tait is one of the most distinguished philosophers of mathematics of the last fifty years. This volume collects...  Read More >>

The Life of Lord Kelvin, Volumes 1 & 2

The Life of Lord Kelvin, Volumes 1 & 2

Author: Silvanus P. Thompson
ISBN: 9780821837450
Format: Hardback
$211.20

A biography of Lord Kelvin. It includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data.  Read More >>

Converging Realities: Toward a Common Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics

Converging Realities: Toward a Common Philosophy of...

Author: Roland Omnès
ISBN: 9780691115306
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Focuses on the philosophical relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences. This title shows that the...  Read More >>

The Nature and Power of Mathematics

The Nature and Power of Mathematics

Author: Donald M. Davis
ISBN: 9780486438962
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"This captivating book explains some of the most fascinating ideas of mathematics to nonspecialists, focusingon...  Read More >>

The Mathematical Works of Bernard Bolzano

The Mathematical Works of Bernard Bolzano

Author: Steve Russ (, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9780198539308
Format: Hardback
$511.95

Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) was a remarkable thinker and reformer far ahead of his time in many areas, including...  Read More >>

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