Abstraction and Infinity

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Paolo Mancosu provides an original investigation of historical and systematic aspects of the notions of abstraction and infinity and their interaction. A familiar way of introducing concepts in mathematics rests on so-called definitions by abstraction. An example of this is Hume''s Principle, which introduces the concept of number by stating that two concepts have the same number if and only if th...
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Paolo Mancosu provides an original investigation of historical and systematic aspects of the notions of abstraction and infinity and their interaction. A familiar way of introducing concepts in mathematics rests on so-called definitions by abstraction. An example of this is Hume''s Principle, which introduces the concept of number by stating that two concepts have the same number if and only if th...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9780191063800
  • Publication Date: 6 Dec 2016
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM