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Zusatztext Burgess knows his subject matter well, and his clear and engaging writing makes his prose a pleasure to read. Informationen zum Autor John P. Burgess joined the philosophy department at Princeton University shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in logic from Berkeley, and has remained there ever since, serving for many years as director of undergraduate studies. He is the author or co-author of seven previous books and over a hundred papers and reviews in mathematical and philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics and of language, and history of analytic philosophy. Klappentext John P. Burgess presents an illuminating study of the nature of mathematical rigor and of mathematical structure, and above all of the relation between them. He considers recent developments in the field including experimental mathematics and computerized formal proofs, and surveys many historical developments in mathematics, philosophy, and logic. Zusammenfassung John P. Burgess presents an illuminating study of the nature of mathematical rigor and of mathematical structure, and above all of the relation between them. He considers recent developments in the field including experimental mathematics and computerized formal proofs, and surveys many historical developments in mathematics, philosophy, and logic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1: Rigor and Rigorization 2: Rigor and Foundations 3: Structure and Structuralism 4: Structure and Foundations Bibliography
