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154 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198249344
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 07 December 1989
Description
Hellman here presents a detailed interpretation of mathematics as the investigation of "structural possibilities," as opposed to absolute, Platonic objects. After treating the natural numbers and analysis, he extends the approach to set theory, wh...
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154 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198249344
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 07 December 1989
Description
Hellman here presents a detailed interpretation of mathematics as the investigation of "structural possibilities," as opposed to absolute, Platonic objects. After treating the natural numbers and analysis, he extends the approach to set theory, wh...