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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics

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This introduction to the philosophy of mathematics focuses on contemporary debates in an important and central area of philosophy. The reader is taken on a fascinating and entertaining journey through some intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, including such topics as the realism/anti-realism debate in mathematics, mathematical explanation, the limits of mathematics, the significance of mathematical notation, inconsistent mathematics and the applications of mathematics. Each chapter has a number of discussion questions and recommended further reading from both the contemporary literature…

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Includes an epilogue of a popular treatment of the most important results and open questions in mathematics
Each chapter has a number of suggestions for relevant further reading from both contemporary literature and older sources
Features a wide variety of examples from both elementary and more advanced mathematics, introducing these examples in ways that do not presuppose any university-level mathematics

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139033107
Series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
Subjects Philosophy,Philosophy of Science,Philosophy: General Interest
Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 14 June 2012
- ISBN: 9780521826020
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.55kg
- Page extent: 200 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 3-4 weeks
Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 14 June 2012
- ISBN: 9780521533416
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.41kg
- Page extent: 200 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 3-4 weeks
Format: Digital
- Publication date: 05 August 2012
- ISBN: 9781139033107

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Mark Colyvan, University of Sydney
Mark Colyvan is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the co-author (with Lev Ginzburg) of Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow (2004) and author of The Indispensability of Mathematics (2001).