The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge

By Philip Kitcher

Book Overview

In this book Philip Kitcher argues against this 'mathematical apriorism.' He offers a fresh, alternative approach that links mathematics to natural science and portrays mathematics as a body of knowledge that evolves through its history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195031490
• ISBN13: 9780195031492
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.