Mathematics As a Science of Patterns

Resnik, Michael D.

ISBN 10: 0198236085 / ISBN 13: 9780198236085

Published by Clarendon Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematics As a Science of Patterns
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198236085
• ISBN 13: 9780198236085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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