Philosophy of Mathematics

by David Bostock

Book Overview

Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction provides a critical analysis of the major philosophical issues and viewpoints in the concepts and methods of mathematics - from antiquity to the modern era.

Offers beginning readers a critical appraisal of philosophical viewpoints throughout history Gives a separate chapter to predicativism, which is often (but wrongly) treated as if it were a part of logicism Provides readers with a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405189916
• ISBN13: 9781405189910
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"