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Mathematics, Models, and Modality

Selected Philosophical Essays

John P Burgess author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Mar '11

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Burgess's essays address key topics including nominalism, neo-logicism, intuitionism, modal logic, analyticity, and translation.

This selection of John Burgess's essays 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. The volume will interest readers in philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.John Burgess is the author of a rich and creative body of work which seeks to defend classical logic and mathematics through counter-criticism of their nominalist, intuitionist, relevantist, and other critics. This selection of his essays, which spans twenty-five 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. The volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers across philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.

ISBN: 9780521189675

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm

Weight: 460g

316 pages