Mathematics and Necessity

Timothy Smiley

Oxford University Press, 2000

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Why did Plato place mathematics at the heart of education for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has mathematics played such a central role in Western philosophy? Burnyeat, Ian Hacking, and Jonathan Bennett make a significant contribution to our understanding of the great thinkers from ancient to modern philosophy.

ISBN-13
9780197262153
ISBN-10
0197262155
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2000
Publication date
2000-10-01
Pages
166