Verteidigung der Axiome: Über die philosophischen Grundlagen der Mengenlehre

Author/Contributor(s):	Maddy, Penelope
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Date:	05/05/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. For nearly a century, the axioms of set theory have played this role, so the question of how these axioms are properly judged takes on a central importance. Approaching the question from a
broadly naturalistic or second-philosophical point of view, Defending the Axioms isolates the appropriate methods for such evaluations and investigates the ontological and epistemological backdrop that makes them appropriate. In the end, a new account of the objectivity of mathematics emerges, one
refreshingly free of metaphysical commitments.