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Structural Account of Mathematics
E-bok, 2003
603 kr
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Charles Chihara''s new book develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. The view is used to show that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are …
Constructibility and Mathematical Existence
Häftad, 1991
876 kr
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This book is concerned with `the problem of existence in mathematics'. It develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of the constructibility of certain sorts of things. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach through an …
Constructibility and Mathematical Existence
Inbunden, 1990
1148 kr
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This book is concerned with `the problem of existence in mathematics'. It develops a mathematical system in which there are no existence assertions but only assertions of the constructibility of certain sorts of things. It explores the philosophical implications of such an approach in an …
A Structural Account of Mathematics
Häftad, 2007
986 kr
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Charles Chihara's new book develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. The view is used to show that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are …
The Worlds of Possibility
Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic
Häftad, 2001
1170 kr
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Charles Chihara gives a thorough critical exposition of modal realism, the philosophical doctrine that there exist many possible worlds of which the actual world -- the universe in which we live -- is just one. The striking success of possible-worlds semantics in modal logic has made this …
A Structural Account of Mathematics
Inbunden, 2003
1225 kr
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Charles Chihara's new book develops and defends a structural view of the nature of mathematics, and uses it to explain a number of striking features of mathematics that have puzzled philosophers for centuries. The view is used to show that, in order to understand how mathematical systems are …
