| New waves in philosophy of mathematics / ed. by O.Bueno, Ø.Linnebo. - Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - ix, 327 p.: ill. - (New waves in philosophy). - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.324-327. - ISBN 978-0-230-21943-4
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Series Editors' Foreword ...................................... vii
Acknowledgements ............................................. viii
List of Contributors ........................................... ix
Philosophy of Mathematics: Old and New .......................... 1
Otávio Bueno and Øystein Linnebo
Part I Reassessing the Orthodoxy in the Philosophy of
Mathematics
1 New Waves on an Old Beach: Fregean Philosophy of
Mathematics Today ........................................... 13
Roy T. Cook
2 Reducing Arithmetic to Set Theory ........................... 35
Alexander Paseau
Part II The Question of Realism in Mathematics
3 Mathematical Fictionalism ................................... 59
Otávio Bueno
4 Truth in Mathematics: The Question of Pluralism ............. 80
Peter Koellner
5 "Algebraic" Approaches to Mathematics ...................... 117
Mary Leng
Part III Mathematical Practice and the Methodology of
Mathematics
6 Mathematical Accidents and the End of Explanation .......... 137
Alan Baker
7 Applying Inconsistent Mathematics .......................... 160
Mark Colyvan
8 Towards a Philosophy of Applied Mathematics ................ 173
Christopher Pincock
Part IV Mathematical Language and the Psychology of
Mathematics
9 Formal Tools and the Philosophy of Mathematics ............. 197
Thomas Hofweber
10 The Individuation of the Natural Numbers ................... 220
Øystein Linnebo
11 Toward a Trivialist Account of Mathematics ................. 239
Agustin Rayo
Part V From Philosophical Logic to the Philosophy of
Mathematics
12 On Formal and Informal Provability ......................... 263
Hannes Leitgeb
13 Quantification Without a Domain ............................ 300
Gabriel Uzquiano
Index ......................................................... 324
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