Philosophy of mathematics books

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Extension Theory

Extension Theory

Author: Herman Grassman
ISBN: 9780821820315
Format: Paperback
$269.10

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Foundations without Foundationalism: A Case for Second-Order Logic

Foundations without Foundationalism: A Case for Second-Order...

Author: Stewart Shapiro (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780198250296
Format: Paperback
$67.95

This view of the foundations of mathematics argues that second-order logic has a central role. After a detailed...  Read More >>

Reason's Nearest Kin: Philosophies of Arithmetic from Kant to Carnap

Reason's Nearest Kin: Philosophies of Arithmetic from...

Author: Michael Potter (, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198250418
Format: Hardback
$209.95

"""Reason's Nearest Kin"" is a critical examination of a period in the philosophical study of the properties of...  Read More >>

The Development of Mathematical Skills

The Development of Mathematical Skills

Author: Chris Donlan
ISBN: 9780863778179
Format: Paperback
$67.00

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Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos

Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos

Author: Roger Lewin
ISBN: 9780226476551
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This volume examines complexity, a mix of complication and organization that is found throughout the natural and...  Read More >>

Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos

Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos

Author: Roger Lewin
ISBN: 9780226476544
Format: Hardback
$113.52

This volume examines complexity, a mix of complication and organization that is found throughout the natural and...  Read More >>

The Growth of Mathematical Knowledge

The Growth of Mathematical Knowledge

Author: Emily Grosholz ,  Herbert Breger
ISBN: 9780792361510
Format: Hardback
$525.36

Mathematics has stood as a bridge between the Humanities and the Sciences since the days of classical antiquity....  Read More >>

The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics

The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics

Author: Stanislas Dehaene
ISBN: 9780195132403
Format: Paperback
$100.19

This fascinating took at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect offers an intriguing tour of how the...  Read More >>

The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

Author: Jeffrey A. Barrett (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine)
ISBN: 9780198238386
Format: Hardback
$209.95

A study of quantum mechanics, in one sense the most successful physical theory ever, accurately predicting the behaviour...  Read More >>

Mathematics as a Science of Patterns

Mathematics as a Science of Patterns

Author: Michael D. Resnik (University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9780198250142
Format: Paperback
$85.95

Michael Resnik calls mathematics a science on the grounds that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

Author: George Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540926412
Format: Video
$121.44

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdos was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. This documentary film...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

Author: George Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540926429
Format: Video
$99.13

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdos was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. This documentary film...  Read More >>

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual Development

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of...

Author: J. Bell
ISBN: 9780792359722
Format: Hardback
$419.76

Certain topics - such as Greek mathematics, abstract algebra, set theory, geometry and the philosophy of mathematics...  Read More >>

Conceptual Roots of Mathematics

Conceptual Roots of Mathematics

Author: J.R. Lucas
ISBN: 9780415207386
Format: Hardback
$224.00

A comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. The author shows that the philosophy of mathematics is...  Read More >>

Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories

Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of...

Author: John Paulos
ISBN: 9780465051595
Format: Paperback
$42.11

As ways of understanding the world around us, numbers and stories seem almost completely incompatible. This study...  Read More >>

Learning and Doing Mathematics: Using Polya's Problem-solving Methods for Learning and Teaching

Learning and Doing Mathematics: Using Polya's Problem-solving...

Author: John Mason
ISBN: 9781858530499
Format: Paperback
$25.62

Written for anyone keen to develop learning skills or to enhance their problem-solving powers, this resource will...  Read More >>

Probability Theory and Probability Semantics

Probability Theory and Probability Semantics

Author: Hughes Leblanc ,  Peter Roeper
ISBN: 9780802008077
Format: Hardback
$175.00

As a survey of many technical results in probability theory and probability logic, this monograph by two widely...  Read More >>

Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its Role in Modern Mathematics

Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its...

Author: Jose Ferreiros
ISBN: 9783764357498
Format: Hardback
$498.96

The book discusses the emergence and development of the notion of Birkhauser Basel set during the period 1850-1950....  Read More >>

Recursive Functions and Metamathematics: Problems of Completeness and Decidability, Gödel’s Theorems

Recursive Functions and Metamathematics: Problems of...

Author: Roman Murawski
ISBN: 9780792359043
Format: Hardback
$522.72

Recursive Functions and Metamathematics deals with problems of the completeness and decidability of theories, using...  Read More >>

The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

Author: Robert Kaplan ,  Ellen Kaplan
ISBN: 9780195128420
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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A History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe

A History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and...

Author: Ernest Zebrowski
ISBN: 9780813526775
Format: Hardback
$129.36

This text is an investigation of how past attempts by scientists to discover the perfect circle led to major discoveries...  Read More >>

Geschichte der Analysis

Geschichte der Analysis

Author: Hans Niels Jahnke
ISBN: 9783827403926
Format: Paperback
$77.60

"""Geschichte der Analysis"" ist von einem internationalen Expertenteam geschrieben und stellt die gegenwärtig umfassendste...  Read More >>

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