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

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 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.