Mathematics As a Science of Patterns

Resnik, Michael D.

ISBN 10: 0198250142 / ISBN 13: 9780198250142

Published by UK, Oxford University Press, UK, 2000

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2000. Copertina editoriale in brossura pieghevole. 304 p.; 23 cmY.7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematics As a Science of Patterns
• Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press, UK
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198250142
• ISBN 13: 9780198250142
• Binding: brossura paperback
• Condition: Ottimo (Fine)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Mathematics as a Science of Patterns is the definitive exposition of 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 defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics--the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.

Resnik's distinctive philosophy of mathematics is here presented in an accessible and systematic form: it will be of value not only to specialists in this area, but to philosophers, mathematicians, and logicians interested in the relationship between these three disciplines, or in truth, realism, and epistemology.

About the Author

Michael D. Resnik is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.