You might also like

More about Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 307 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Most philosophers of mathematics try to show either that the sort of knowledge mathematicians have is similar to the sort of knowledge specialists in the empirical sciences have or that the kind of knowledge mathematicians have, although apparently about objects such as numbers, sets, and so on, isn't really about those sorts of things as well. Jody Azzouni argues that mathematical knowledge really is a special kind of knowledge with its own special means of gathering evidence. He analyses the linguistic pitfalls and misperceptions philosophers in this field are often prone to, and explores the misapplications of epistemic principles from the empirical sciences to the exact sciences. What emerges is a picture of mathematics both sensitive to mathematical practice, and to the ontological and epistemological issues that concern philosophers.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Social & political philosophy

• Full title: Metaphysical Myths, Mathematical Practice
• Subtitle: The Ontology and Epistemology of the Exact Sciences
• Author: Jody Azzouni
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9780521442237
• ISBN: 0521442230
• ID: 02031019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 513 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 160 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. February 1994

Trending among others

---

---

---