Defending the axioms [electronic resource] : on the philosophical foundations of set theory / Penelope Maddy.

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Maddy, Penelope

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191725395 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

511.322 22

LOC classification:

QA248

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the question of how they are properly judged is important. Maddy discusses the appropriate methods for such evaluations and the philosophical backdrop that makes them appropriate.

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Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the question of how they are properly judged is important. Maddy discusses the appropriate methods for such evaluations and the philosophical backdrop that makes them appropriate.

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