Philosophia Mathematica

Articles

Colin McLarty

Saunders Mac Lane (1909–2005): His Mathematical Life and Philosophical Works
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 237-251; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. B. Davies

A Defence of Mathematical Pluralism
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 252-276; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Leng

Revolutionary Fictionalism: A Call to Arms
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 277-293; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Otávio Bueno and Edward N. Zalta

A Nominalist's Dilemma and its Solution
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 294-307; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Studies/Book Reviews

Gabriel Uzquiano

MICHAEL POTTER. Set Theory and Its Philosophy: A Critical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xiii + 345. ISBN 0-19-926973-4 (hbk), 0-19-927041-4 (pbk).
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 308-346; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Otávio Bueno and Jody Azzouni

DONALD MAC KENZIE. Mechanizing Proof: Computing, Risk, and Trust. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001. Pp. xi + 427.
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 319-325; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki036 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Graham Priest

KAREL LAMBERT. Free Logic: Selected Essays. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xii + 191. ISBN 0-521-81816-8.
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 326-328; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Pincock

TORSTEN WILHOLT, Zahl und Wirklichkeit: Eine philosophische Untersuchung über die Anwendbarkeit der Mathematik [Number and Reality: A Philosophical Investigation of the Applicability of Mathematics]. Paderborn: Mentis, 2004. Pp. 309. ISBN 3-89785-368-X.
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 329-337; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emily R. Grosholz

CHIKARA SASAKI. Descartes's Mathematical Thought. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 237. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Pp. xiv + 496. ISBN 1-4020-1746-4.
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Books of Essays

STEWART SHAPIRO, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-514877-0. Pp. xv + 833.
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ECKEHART KöHLER, PETER WEIBEL, MICHAEL STöLTZNER, BERND BULDT, CARSTEN KLEIN, und WERNER DEPAULI-SCHIMANOVICH- GöTTIG, eds. Kurt Gödel: Wahreit & Beweisbarkeit. Band 1: Dokumente und historische Analysen. Wien: öbv & hpt, 2002. ISBN 3-209-03834-1. Pp. 279.
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 343-344; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki029 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BERND BULDT, ECKEHART KöHLER, MICHAEL STöLTZNER, PETER WEIBEL, CARSTEN KLEIN, und WERNER DEPAULI-SCHIMANOVICH- GöTTIG, eds. Kurt Gödel: Wahreit & Beweisbarkeit. Band 2: Kompendium zum Werk. Wien: öbv & hpt, 2002. ISBN 3-209-03835-X. Pp. 447.
Philosophia Mathematica 2005 13: 344-345; doi:10.1093/philmat/nki030 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARLO CELLUCCI and DONALD GILLIES, eds. Mathematical Reasoning and Heuristics. London: King's College Publications, 2005. ISBN 1-904987-07-9. Pp. xxx + 212.
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VOLKER PECKHAUS, ed. Oskar Becker und die Philosophie der Mathematik. Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-7705-4126-X. Pp. 352.
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Index

Author Index — Volume 13
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