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Plato's Problem

An Introduction to Mathematical Platonism
By:M. Panza; A. Sereni
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230365490
eText ISBN:9781137298133
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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What is mathematics about? And how can we have access to the reality it is supposed to describe? The book tells the story of this problem, first raised by Plato, through the views of Aristotle, Proclus, Kant, Frege, Gödel, Benacerraf, up to the most recent debate on mathematical platonism.