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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      March 2012
      March 2001
      ISBN:
      9781139087124
      9780521770347
      9780521172714
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.8kg, 446 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 446 Pages
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    This 2001 book presents a unified approach to the foundations of mathematics in the theory of sets, covering both conventional and finitary (constructive) mathematics. It is based on a philosophical, historical and mathematical analysis of the relation between the concepts of 'natural number' and 'set'. This leads to an investigation of the logic of quantification over the universe of sets and a discussion of its role in second order logic, as well as in the analysis of proof by induction and definition by recursion. The subject matter of the book falls on the borderline between philosophy and mathematics, and should appeal to both philosophers and mathematicians with an interest in the foundations of mathematics.

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    Review of the hardback:' … this book is thought-provoking … distinctive approach to the twin issues of mathematical ontology and mathematical foundations'.

    Source: Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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