Towards A Philosophy Of Real Mathematics

In this ambitious study, D. Corfield attacks the widely held view that it is the nature of mathematical knowledge which has shaped the way in which mathematics ... » 

In this ambitious study, D. Corfield attacks the widely held view that it is the nature of mathematical knowledge which has shaped the way in which mathematics is treated philosophically, and claims that contingent factors have brought us to the present thematically limited discipline. Illustrating his discussion with a wealth of examples, he sets out a variety of new ways to think philosophically about mathematics. «