Constructibility and mathematical existence
By: Chihara, Charles S.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1990Description: xv, 282 p. ; 22x14 cm.ISBN: 0198239750 (pbk).Subject(s): Mathematics -- Philosophy | Constructive mathematics | Logic, Symbolic and mathematicalDDC classification: 511 Summary: 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 examination of the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy, Kitcher, and others.
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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 examination of the writings of Field, Burgess, Maddy, Kitcher, and others.
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