Philosophy of Mathematics

<i>Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction</i> provides a critical analysis of the major philosophical issues and viewpoints in the concepts and methods of mathematics – from antiquity to the modern era. <br /> <ul> <li> <div>Offers beginning readers a critical appraisal of philosophical viewpoints throughout history</div> </li> <li> <div>Gives a separate chapter to predicativism, which is often (but wrongly) treated as if it were a part of logicism</div> </li> <li> <div>Provides readers with a non-partisan discussion until the final chapter, which gives the author’s personal opinion on where the truth lies</div> </li> <li> <div>Designed to be accessible to both undergraduates and graduate students, and at the same time to be of interest to professionals</div> </li> </ul>