Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a broadly naturalistic or second-philosophical point of view, Defending the Axioms isolates the appropriate methods for such evaluations and investigates the ontological and epistemological backdrop that makes them appropriate. In the end, a new account of the objectivity of mathematics emerges, one refreshingly free of metaphysical commitments.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780199596188
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959618-8
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.01.2011
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2011
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 343 g
- Seiten: 160
- Format (B x H x T): 145 x 222 x 13 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
