Plato's Problem: An Introduction to Mathematical Platonism

By Andrea Sereni, Marco Panza, A. Sereni

Book Overview

What is mathematics about? And how can we have access to the reality it is supposed to describe? The book tells the story of this problem, first raised by Plato, through the views of Aristotle, Proclus, Kant, Frege, G del, Benacerraf, up to the most recent debate on mathematical platonism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230365485
• ISBN13: 9780230365483
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.8"