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Philosophy of mathematics

Hardback. This title argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the 16th century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo and Cavalieri began referring to their field in terms drawn from the exploration accounts of Columbus and Magellan. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732604
ISBN
9780804732604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. An investigatation of the influence of psychology and early phenomenology on the origins of analytic philosophy. This book is also of value for those interested in judgement, proposition, psychologism, logical realism, the problem of error, Gestalt theories, and tropes. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF5; HPJ; HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320974
ISBN
9781349320974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.41

Paperback. A new approach to reading Frege's notations that adheres to the modern view that terms and well-formed formulas are any disjoint syntactic categories. On this new approach, we can at last read Frege's notations in their original form revealing striking new solutions to many of the outstanding problems of interpreting his philosophy. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320257
ISBN
9781349320257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book has two objectives: to be a contribution to the understanding of Frege's theory of truth especially a defence of his notorious critique of the correspondence theory - and to be an introduction to the practice of interpreting philosophical texts." Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCF; HPCF5; HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349436538
ISBN
9781349436538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Surveys the assortment of methods put forth for fixing Frege's system, in an attempt to determine just how much of mathematics can be reconstructed in each. This work considers every proposed fix, each with its distinctive philosophical advantages and drawbacks. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122311
ISBN
9780691122311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 64.47

paperback. Contains the round table reports of the first European Congress of Mathematics, a new feature of this Congress devoted to furthering the contribution of mathematics to society and reporting on its interaction with the exact and social sciences. Editor(s): Joseph, Anthony; Mignot, Fulbert; Murat, Francois; Prum, Bernard; Rentschler, Rudolf. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 574 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhäuser Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764351564
ISBN
9783764351564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 170.25

Hardback. Includes: Martingales, Arbitrage, and Portfolio Choice; Mathematical Aspects of the Quantum Hall Effect; Analytic and Geometric Aspects of Variational Problems for Vector Valued Mappings; Harmonic Measures for Leafwise Elliptic Operators Along Foliations; and, Feynman Diagrams and Low-Dimensional Topology. Editor(s): Joseph, Anthony; Mignot, Fulbert; Murat, Francois; Prum, Bernard; Rentschler, Rudolf. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764327996
ISBN
9783764327996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.86

Hardback. Contains the round table reports of the first European Congress of Mathematics, a feature of this Congress devoted to furthering the contribution of mathematics to society and reporting on its interaction with the exact and social sciences. Editor(s): Joseph, Anthony; Mignot, Fulbert; Murat, Francois; Prum, Bernard; Rentschler, Rudolf. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 612 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764328009
ISBN
9783764328009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.45

Hardback. Includes: Plenary Lectures; The Vassiliev Theory of Discriminants and Knots; Transparent Proofs and Limits to Approximation; Poisson Algebraic Groups and Representations of Quantum Groups at Roots of 1; Gauge Theory and Four-Manifold Topology; Spectral Theory and Geometry; and, Pattern Theory: A Unifying Perspective. Editor(s): Joseph, A.; Mignot, Fulbert; Murat, Francois; Prum, Bernard; Rentschler, Rudolf. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 612 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764327989
ISBN
9783764327989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.50

Paperback. The Ausdehnungslehre of 1862 is Grassmann's mature presentation of his extension theory. The work captured his mathematical achievements. This book includes development of the inner product and its relation to the concept of angle, the 'theory of functions' from the point of view of extension theory, and his contribution to the Pfaff problem. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 403 pages, indexes, notes. BIC Classification: PBB; PBKS; PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
American Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821820315
ISBN
9780821820315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.89

Paperback. Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Num Pages: 185 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBB; PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319428628
ISBN
9783319428628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316607015
ISBN
9781316607015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. This report includes the original plenary papers from the joint ICMI-ICAM meeting, highlights collaborative research on the educational links between mathematics and industry, and features papers on the topic from a host of international contributors. Editor(s): Damlamian, Alain; Rodrigues, Jose Francisco; Strasser, Rudolf. Series: New ICMI Study Series. Num Pages: 481 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
481
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319351711
ISBN
9783319351711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Paperback. Presenting an interpretation of the famous appendix to Husserl's "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology", this title relates writing to such key concepts as differing, consciousness, presence, and historicity. Translator(s): Leavey, John P. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB; PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265806
ISBN
9780803265806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. Translator(s): Willard, Dallas. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 505 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048142668
ISBN
9789048142668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.64

Paperback. Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned that the route to the analysis of thought is the analysis of language. Here are bold and deep readings of the subject's history and character, which form the topic of this volume. Editor(s): Weiss, B. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPCF5; HPJ; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486168
ISBN
9781349486168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBC; PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319350264
ISBN
9783319350264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 halftones. 77 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175911
ISBN
9780691175911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; KCA; KJT; PBB; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349399888
ISBN
9781349399888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 195.13

Hardback. This text examines both the normative and the descriptive approaches to decision theory. Special emphasis is laid on "offshoots" of both theories to cognitive psychology, theoretical biology, and philosophy. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQ; JMAL; JMR; PBB; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 39. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333681473
ISBN
9780333681473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.12

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