Mathematics as a Science of Patterns

by Michael D. Resnik

Book Overview

This book expounds a system of ideas about the nature of mathematics which Michael Resnik has been elaborating for a number of years. In calling mathematics a science he implies that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical knowledge is on a par with other scientific knowledge; in calling it a science of patterns he expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this to a defense of realism about the metaphysics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198250142
• ISBN13: 9780198250142
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"