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Stephan Körner
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ISBN: 0486471853
Page Count: 204
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4
This lucid and comprehensive essay by a distinguished philosopher surveys the views of Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz, and Kant on the nature of mathematics. It examines the propositions and theories of the schools these philosophers inspired, and it concludes by discussing the relationship between mathematical theories, empirical data, and philosophical presuppositions. 1968 edition.
Reprint of the Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., London, 1968 edition.

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