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Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology

By Shapiro , stewart

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0195094522, 0195139305, 9780195094527
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1466656 bytes)
Pages
290 pages\290
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Mathematics;Electronic books

Description

Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealistaccounts of mathematics are both problematic. As Benacerraf first noted, we are confronted with the following powerful dilemma. The desired continuity between mathematical and, say, scientific language suggests realism, but realism in this context suggests seemingly intractable epistemic problems. As a way out of.

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