Oxford, England: New York ;Oxford University Press (1997)
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This book expounds a system of ideas about the nature of mathematics which Michael Resnik has been elaborating for a number of years. In calling mathematics a science he implies that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical knowledge is on a par with other scientific knowledge; in calling it a science of patterns he expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this to a defense of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics--the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.
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Keywords | Mathematics Philosophy |
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Reprint years | 1999 |
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Call number | QA8.4.R473 1997 |
ISBN(s) | 0198250142 9780198250142 9780198236085 0198236085 |
DOI | 10.1111/1467-9213.00267 |
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