Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction
- Part I The foundations of mathematics
- Part II The existence of mathematical objects
- Empiricism, semantics, and ontology
- On platonism in mathematics
- What numbers could not be
- Mathematics without foundations
- Part III Mathematical truth
- Part IV The concept of set
- Bibliography
What numbers could not be
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction
- Part I The foundations of mathematics
- Part II The existence of mathematical objects
- Empiricism, semantics, and ontology
- On platonism in mathematics
- What numbers could not be
- Mathematics without foundations
- Part III Mathematical truth
- Part IV The concept of set
- Bibliography
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- Philosophy of MathematicsSelected Readings, pp. 272 - 294Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984
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