Expounding theories about the nature of mathematics, and examining mathematics as a science of patterns, the author of this book expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this theory to a defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics. Num Pages: 298 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514. . 1997. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Mathematics as a Science of Patterns
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198236085
ISBN 13: 9780198236085
Binding: Hardcover
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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.

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

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