Mathematics, Models, and Modality: Selected Philosophical Essays

by John P. Burgess

Book Overview

John Burgess is the author of a rich and creative body of work which seeks to defend classical logic and mathematics through counter-criticism of their nominalist, intuitionist, relevantist, and other critics. This selection of his essays, which spans twenty-five years, addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521189675
• ISBN13: 9780521189675
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"