A sophisticated, original introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics from one of its leading thinkers Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity, but it appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions.
How can these two aspects of Mathematics be reconciled? This concise book provides a systematic, accessible introduction to the field that is trying to answer.
A sophisticated, original introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics from one of its leading thinkers Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity, but it appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions
