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Philosophy of Mathematics Today
. Ed(S): Agazzi, Evandro; Darvas, Gyorgy
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Description for Philosophy of Mathematics Today
Hardback. This text provides a presentation of general philosophical approaches, more technical foundational discussions, questions related to the application of mathematics, and historical analyses. Editor(s): Agazzi, Evandro; Darvas, Gyorgy. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Mathematics is often considered as a body of knowledge that is essen tially independent of linguistic formulations, in the sense that, once the content of this knowledge has been grasped, there remains only the problem of professional ability, that of clearly formulating and correctly proving it. However, the question is not so simple, and P. Weingartner's paper (Language and Coding-Dependency of Results in Logic and Mathe matics) deals with some results in logic and mathematics which reveal that certain notions are in general not invariant with respect to different choices of language and of coding processes. Five example are given: ... Read more
Mathematics is often considered as a body of knowledge that is essen tially independent of linguistic formulations, in the sense that, once the content of this knowledge has been grasped, there remains only the problem of professional ability, that of clearly formulating and correctly proving it. However, the question is not so simple, and P. Weingartner's paper (Language and Coding-Dependency of Results in Logic and Mathe matics) deals with some results in logic and mathematics which reveal that certain notions are in general not invariant with respect to different choices of language and of coding processes. Five example are given: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Series
Episteme
Number of Pages
361
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792343431
SKU
V9780792343431
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