The Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introductory Essay
Dover Publications (1968)
| Abstract | Lucid and comprehensive essay surveys the views of Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz and Kant on the nature of mathematics; examines the propositions and theories of the schools these philosophers inspired; and concludes with a discussion on the relation between mathematical theories, empirical data and philosophical presuppositions. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Mathematics Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | QA9.K677 1986 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0486250482 9780486471853 9780486250489 | |||||||||
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