Rigor and Structure

by John P. Burgess

Book Overview

While we are commonly told that the distinctive method of mathematics is rigorous proof, and that the special topic of mathematics is abstract structure, there has been no agreement among mathematicians, logicians, or philosophers as to just what either of these assertions means. John P. Burgess clarifies the nature of mathematical rigor and of mathematical structure, and above all of the relation between the two, taking into account some of the latest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198722222
• ISBN13: 9780198722229
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"