This book is concerned with `the problem of existence in mathematics'. It develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of the constructibility of certain sorts of things. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach through an examination of the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy, Kitcher, and others.
| ISBN: | 9780198239758 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 1991 |
| Author: | Charles S Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, USA Chihara |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy: logic |