Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics

by Mark Balaguer

Book Overview

In this deft and vigorous book, Mark Balaguer demonstrates that there are no good arguments for or against mathematical platonism (ie., the view that abstract, or non-spatio-temporal, mathematical objects exist, and that mathematical theories are descriptions of such objects). Balaguer does this by establishing that both platonism and anti-platonism are defensible positions. In Part I, he shows that the former is defensible by introducing a novel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122305
• ISBN13: 9780195122305
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"