Abstraction and infinity /

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Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to dee...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Mancosu, Paolo
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.
Umfang:
1 online resource
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-180909-8
0-19-106380-0
Schlagworte:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Abstraction.
Infinite.
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