Geoffrey Hellman presents a detailed interpretation of mathematics as the investigation of structural possibilities, as opposed to absolute, Platonic objects. After dealing with the natural numbers and analysis, he extends his approach to set theory, and shows how to dispense with a fixed universe of sets. Finally, he addresses problems of application to the physical world.
| ISBN: | 9780198240341 |
| Publication date: | 25th November 1993 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota Hellman |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of mathematics |