Mathematics, Models, and Modality: Selected Philosophical Essays - Softcover

Burgess, John P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521189675 ISBN 13: 9780521189675

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

John Burgess is the author of a rich and creative body of work which seeks to defend classical logic and mathematics through counter-criticism of their nominalist, intuitionist, relevantist, and other critics. This selection of his essays, which spans twenty-five years, addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims. The volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers across philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.

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Book Description

This selection of John Burgess's essays addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims. The volume will interest readers in philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.

About the Author

John P. Burgess is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Princeton University. He is co-author of A Subject With No Object with Gideon Rosen (1997) and Computability and Logic, 4th Edition with George S. Boolos and Richard C. Jeffrey (2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521189675
• ISBN 13: 9780521189675
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316