Philosophy of Mathematics: Structure and Ontology
Shapiro, Stewart
Do numbers, sets, and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements mean? Are they literally true or false, or do they lack truth values altogether? Addressing questions that have attracted lively debate in recent years, Stewart Shapiro contends that standard realist and antirealistaccounts of mathematics are both problematic. As Benacerraf first noted, we are confronted with the following powerful dilemma. The desired continuity between mathematical and, say, scientific language suggests realism, but realism in this context suggests seemingly intractable epistemic problems. As a way out of.
种类:
年:
2006
出版社:
Oxford University Press
语言:
english
页:
290
ISBN 10:
0195139305
ISBN 13:
9780195139303
文件:
PDF, 1.40 MB
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english, 2006