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Philosophy of Mathematics Ahmet Cevik

Philosophy of Mathematics By Ahmet Cevik

Philosophy of Mathematics by Ahmet Cevik

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This book explores the foundations of mathematical thought. The aim of this book is to encourage young mathematicians into thinking about the philosophical issues behind fundamental concepts and about different views on mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge.

Philosophy of Mathematics Summary

Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies by Ahmet Cevik

* This is a textbook on philosophy of mathematics from the point of view of a mathematician, aimed to attract mathematicians into foundational and philosophical problems in mathematics and help them learn how and to what extent a philosophical view can change the mathematical practice.

* It contains up to date and current book available.

* The text will appeal to both mathematicians and philosophy departments where Philosophy of Mathematics or Philosophy of Science is taught.

Philosophy of Mathematics Reviews

The philosophically minded mathematician will find every penny and every second engaged with this book well spent. - Firdous Ahmad Mala, The Mathematical Intelligencer

About Ahmet Cevik

Ahmet Cevik is Associate Professor of logic and foundations of mathematics, working in both mathematical and philosophical domains. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, UK. Ahmet was postdoctoral visitor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has lectured at Middle East Technical University and is affiliated with the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, in Ankara, Turkey. His research interests are mathematical logic, recursion theory, theoretical computer science, and philosophy of mathematics.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Preliminaries
3. Platonism
4. Intuitionism
5. Logicism
6. Formalism
7. Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem and Computability
8. The Church-Turing Thesis
9. Infinity
10. Supertasks
11. Models, Completeness, and Skolem's Paradox
12. Axiom of Choice
13. Naturalism
14. Structuralism
15. Yablo's Paradox
16. Mathematical Pluralism
17. Does Mathematics Need More Axioms?
18. Mathematical Nominalism

Additional information

NLS9781032022680
9781032022680
103202268X
Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies by Ahmet Cevik
Ahmet Cevik
Textbooks in Mathematics
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-11-10
338
N/A
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