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This book expounds a system of ideas about the nature of mathematics which Michael Resnik has been elaborating for a number of years. In calling mathematics a
science
he implies that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical knowledge is on a par with other scientific knowledge; in calling it a science
of patterns
he expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this to a defense of realism about the metaphysics of mathematicsthe view that mathematics is about things that really exist.
science
he implies that it has a factual subject-matter and that mathematical knowledge is on a par with other scientific knowledge; in calling it a science
of patterns
he expresses his commitment to a structuralist philosophy of mathematics. He links this to a defense of realism about the metaphysics of mathematicsthe view that mathematics is about things that really exist.