Mary Leng defends a philosophical account of the nature of mathematics which views it as a kind of fiction (albeit an extremely useful fiction). On this view, the claims of our ordinary mathematical theories are more closely analogous to utterances made in the context of storytelling than to utterances whose aim is to assert literal truths. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: Naturalism and Ontology; 3: The Indispensability of Mathematics; 4: Naturalism and Mathematical Practice; 5: Naturalism and Scientific Practice; 6: Naturalized Ontology; 7: Mathematics and Make-Believe; 8: Mathematical Fictionalism and Constructive Empiricism; 9: Explaining the Success of Mathematics; 10: Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-0-19-928079-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 22/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés