Mathematics, Models, and Modality: Selected Philosophical Essays (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521880343)

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.

Author: John P. Burgess
ISBN-10: 0521880343
ISBN-13: 9780521880343
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2008
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d