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020 _a9780191725395 (ebook) :
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100 1 _aMaddy, Penelope.
245 1 0 _aDefending the axioms
_h[electronic resource] :
_bon the philosophical foundations of set theory /
_cPenelope Maddy.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource.
520 8 _aMathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the question of how they are properly judged is important. Maddy discusses the appropriate methods for such evaluations and the philosophical backdrop that makes them appropriate.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
650 0 _aAxiomatic set theory.
650 0 _aAxiomatic set theory
_xPhilosophy.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199596188
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596188.001.0001
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