Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics

Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics

by Joel David Hamkins
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/02/2021

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An introduction to the philosophy of mathematics grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice.


In this book, Joel David Hamkins offers an introduction to the philosophy of mathematics that is grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. He treats philosophical issues as they arise organically in mathematics, discussing such topics as platonism, realism, logicism, structuralism, formalism, infinity, and intuitionism in mathematical contexts. He organizes the book by mathematical themes--numbers, rigor, geometry, proof, computability, incompleteness, and set theory--that give rise again and again to philosophical considerations.

ISBN:
9780262362658
9780262362658
Category:
History of mathematics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-02-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
MIT Press
Joel David Hamkins

Joel David Hamkins is Professor of Logic at Oxford University and Sir Peter Strawson Fellow in Philosophy at University College, Oxford. The author of Proof and the Art of Mathematics (MIT Press), he is the creator of the popular blog Mathematics and Philosophy of the Infinite. He is a prominent contributor to MathOverflow, where he has posted more than 1,000 mathematical arguments.

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