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- catalog abstract ""This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. The book tackles questions and issues about mathematics that have motivated philosophers since the beginning of intellectural history. In a historical survey the author discusses the role of mathematics in such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill, and covers the three major positions throughout the twentieth century: that mathematics is logic (logicism), that the essence of mathematics is the rule-governed manipulation of characters (formalism), and a revisionist philosophy that focuses on the mental activity of mathematics (intuitionism). Finally, Shapiro looks at contemporary positions and work which brings the reader up-to-date on the discipline." "Thinking about mathematics is accessible to those with little background in either mathematics or philosophy. It will be enjoyed by students and professionals in mathematics who have little contact with academic philosophy and equally by philosophy students and other philosophers who forgot much of their mathematics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11977868.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. The book tackles questions and issues about mathematics that have motivated philosophers since the beginning of intellectural history. In a historical survey the author discusses the role of mathematics in such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill, and covers the three major positions throughout the twentieth century: that mathematics is logic (logicism), that the essence of mathematics is the rule-governed manipulation of characters (formalism), and a revisionist philosophy that focuses on the mental activity of mathematics (intuitionism). Finally, Shapiro looks at contemporary positions and work which brings the reader up-to-date on the discipline." "Thinking about mathematics is accessible to those with little background in either mathematics or philosophy. It will be enjoyed by students and professionals in mathematics who have little contact with academic philosophy and equally by philosophy students and other philosophers who forgot much of their mathematics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. What is so interesting about mathematics (for a philosopher)? -- 2. A potpourri of questions and attempted answers -- 3. Plato's rationalism, and Aristotle -- 4. Near opposites : Kant and Mill -- 5. Logicism : is mathematics (just) logic? -- 6. Formalism : do mathematical statements mean anything? -- 7. Intuitionism : is something wrong with our logic? -- 8. Numbers exist -- 9. No they don't -- 10. Structuralism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-302) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 308 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0192893068 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "510/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QA8.4 .S532 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. What is so interesting about mathematics (for a philosopher)? -- 2. A potpourri of questions and attempted answers -- 3. Plato's rationalism, and Aristotle -- 4. Near opposites : Kant and Mill -- 5. Logicism : is mathematics (just) logic? -- 6. Formalism : do mathematical statements mean anything? -- 7. Intuitionism : is something wrong with our logic? -- 8. Numbers exist -- 9. No they don't -- 10. Structuralism.".
- catalog title "Thinking about mathematics : the philosophy of mathematics / Stewart Shapiro.".
- catalog type "text".