Plato's Problem
Subtitle: an Introduction to mathematical platonism
By: Marco Panza, IHSPT, Paris, France and Andrea Sereni, San Raffaele University, Italy
Contributors: Sereni, Andrea, 1977-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780230365483; 9780230365490
Subjects: Mathematics; Philosophy
Work titles: Problema di Platone
Description: 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, Gödel, Benacerraf, up to the most recent debate on mathematical platonism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-295) and index.