A Structural Account of Mathematics

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2007
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Presents a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers. This work shows that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are applied in science, it is not necessary to assume that its theorems either presuppose mathematical objects or are even true.

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Presents a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers. This work shows that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are applied in science, it is not necessary to assume that its theorems either presuppose mathematical objects or are even true.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 394
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 17 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0199228078
ISBN 13: 9780199228072