Mathematics, models, and modality : selected philosophical essays / John P. Burgess.

Author
Burgess, John P., 1948- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2008.
Description
xiii, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    This selection of Burgess's essays, which spans 25 years, addresses key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-296) and index.
    Contents
    • Numbers and ideas
    • Why I am not a nominalist
    • Mathematics and Bleak House
    • Quine, analyticity, and philosophy of mathematics
    • Being explained away
    • E pluribus unum : plural logic and set theory
    • Logicism : a new look
    • Tarski's tort
    • Which modal logic is the right one?
    • Can truth out?
    • Quinus ab omni naevo vindicatus
    • Translating names
    • Relevance : a fallacy?
    • Dummett's case for intuitionism.
    ISBN
    • 9780521880343 ((hbk.))
    • 0521880343 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2008297882
    OCLC
    174130602
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