MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Mary Leng (Editor), Alexander Paseau (Editor), Michael D. Potter (Editor) ( 9780199228249 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE

By:

Mary Leng (Editor), Alexander Paseau (Editor), Michael D. Potter (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£92.00
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ISBN 10:

0199228248

ISBN 13:

9780199228249

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

15 November, 2007

Pages:

236

Description:

What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions.

Synopsis:

What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions. Written by some of the world's leading philosophers of mathematics, psychologists, and mathematicians, Mathematical Knowledge gives a lively sense of the current state of debate in this fascinating field.

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UK

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Oxford University Press

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