What Is Mathematics Really? by Reuben Hersh

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What Is Mathematics Really? by Reuben Hersh

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Zusammenfassung

In what sense do mathematical objects exist? How can we have knowledge of them? Why do mathematicians think mathematical entities exist for ever, independent of human action and knowledge? This book illuminates the mysteries behind the meaning and nature of mathematics.

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What Is Mathematics Really? by Reuben Hersh

This book tackles important questions which have engaged mathematicians and philosophers for thousands of years and are still being asked today. The main purpose of the book is to ask: In what sense do mathematical objects exist? How can we have knowledge of them? Why do mathematicians think mathematical entities exist for ever, independent of human action and knowledge? In clear, elegant prose and with scholarship born of first-hand experience, Reuben Hersh illuminates the mysteries behind the meaning and nature of mathematics.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780099748311
ISBN 10 0099748312
Titel What Is Mathematics Really?
Autor Reuben Hersh
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 1998-07-02
Seitenanzahl 368
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