The prehistory of mathematical structuralism
Since the 1960s, there has been a vigorous and ongoing debate about structuralism in English-speaking philosophy of mathematics. But structuralist ideas and methods go back further in time; that is, there is a rich prehistory to this debate, also in the German- and French-speaking literature. In the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020, 2020
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Since the 1960s, there has been a vigorous and ongoing debate about structuralism in English-speaking philosophy of mathematics. But structuralist ideas and methods go back further in time; that is, there is a rich prehistory to this debate, also in the German- and French-speaking literature. In the present collection of essays, this prehistory is explored in a twofold way: by reconsidering various mathematicians in the 19th and early 20th centuries who contributed to structuralism in a methodological sense; and by re-examining a range of philosophical reflections on such contributions during the same period, which led to suggestions about logical, epistemological, and metaphysical aspects that remain relevant today |
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| Item Description: | "This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Scholarship Online. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial No Derivates 4.0 International licence"--Home page. - Also issued in print: 2020 |
| Physical Description: | 472 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780190641245 |