Mathematics and reality
By: Mary Leng
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780199280797
Subjects: Fiction; Mathematics; Philosophy; Mathématiques
Other titles: Mathematics & reality
Description: Mary Leng defends a philosophical account of the nature of mathematics which views it as a kind of fiction (albeit an extremely useful fiction).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.