Mathematics, substance and surmise : views on the meaning and ontology of mathematics /: views on the meaning and ontology of mathematics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ernest Davis, Philip J. Davis, editors.
• Editors: Davis, Ernest; Davis, Philip J, 1923-2018
• Contents: Introduction -- Hardy, Littlewood, and polymath, (Martin and Pease) -- Experimental Computation as an Ontological Game Changer: The Impact of Modern Mathematical Computation Tools on the Ontology of Mathematics (Bailey and Borwein).- Mathematical Products (Davis).-How Should Robots Think about Space? (Azzouni) -- Mathematics and its Applications (Berlinski) -- Nominalism: The Nonexistence of Mathematical Objects (Azzouni) -- An Aristotelian Approach to Mathematical Ontology (Gillies) -- Let G be a Group (Lützen) -- From the Continuum to Large Cardinals (Stillwell) -- Mathematics at Infinity (Gray) -- Mathematics and Language (Avigad) -- Mathematics as Language (Ross) -- Mathematics as Multimodal Semiotics (O'Halloran) -- Problems in Philosophy of Mathematics: A View from Cognitive Science (Piantadosi) -- Beliefs about the Nature of Numbers (Rips) -- What Kind of Thing Might Number Become? (Sinclair) -- Enumerated Entities in Public Policy and Governance (Verran).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 510.1; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Mathematics; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematics; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Wiskunde; Filosofische aspecten; Mathematics; History of Mathematical Sciences; Philosophy of Science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319214733
• Related ISBNs: 331921473X; 9783319214726; 3319214721
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 3, 2015).
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