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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

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Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
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Publisher: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Number of pages: 181

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This book is intended for those who have no previous acquaintance with the topics of which it treats, and no more knowledge of mathematics than can be acquired at a primary school. It sets forth in elementary form the logical definition of number, the analysis of the notion of order, the modern doctrine of the infinite, and the theory of descriptions and classes as symbolic fictions.

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