Publisher's Synopsis
This text is organized around the distinction between finite and infinite. It includes a brief overview of what different philosophers have said about infinity, and looks at some of the arguments to the effect that one should adopt a pro-infinity attitude. Other chapters contain an exposition of the ontological "schools"; interactions among these schools and various theories of truth; the relationship between mathematics and values; a history of mathematics; an analysis of mathematical knowledge; the role of mathematics in eduction; the implications of religion for the philosophy of mathematics; and referenc eto mathematical objects.;This text is essentially a non-technical overview of the central issues in the philosophy of maths.
