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Philosophy of Mathematics : Structure and Ontology / Stewart Shapiro

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: x, 279 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780195139303 (pbk.)
  • 0195139305 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510.1 SHA 20
LOC classification:
  • QA8.4
Online resources: Oxford Scholarship Online PhilosophySummary: Annotation This text argues that both realist and anti-realist accounts of mathematics are problematic. It articulates a structuralist approach, arguing that the subject matter of a mathematical theory is not a fixed domain of numbers.
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Annotation This text argues that both realist and anti-realist accounts of mathematics are problematic. It articulates a structuralist approach, arguing that the subject matter of a mathematical theory is not a fixed domain of numbers.

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