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John P. Burgess

Rigor and Structure

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While we are commonly told that the distinctive method of mathematics is rigorous proof, and that the special topic of mathematics is abstract structure, there has been no agreement among mathematicians, logicians, or philosophers as to just what either of these assertions means. John P. Burgess clarifies the nature of mathematical rigor and of mathematical structure, and above all of the relation between the two, taking into account some of the latest developmentsin mathematics, including the rise of experimental mathematics on the one hand and computerized formal proofs on the other hand. The main theses of Rigor and Structure are that the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-103359-9
  • EAN: 9780191033599
  • Produktnummer: 18404085
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 10'065 KB

Über den Autor


John P. Burgess joined the philosophy department at Princeton University shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in logic from Berkeley, and has remained there ever since, serving for many years as director of undergraduate studies. He is the author or co-author of seven previous books and over a hundred papers and reviews in mathematical and philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics and of language, and history of analytic philosophy.

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