Mathematics as a Science of Patterns
Author | : Michael D. Resnik |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0198236085 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198236085 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mathematics as a Science of Patterns written by Michael D. Resnik and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resnik expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics and links this to a defence of realism about the metaphysics of mathematics - the view that mathematics is about things that really exist.