Table of Contents

Philosophical preliminaries; the epistemic challenge to realism; the epistemic challenge to antirealism; the epistemic challenge to realism; the ontological challenge to realism; toward a realistic rationalism.

Promotional Information

Engaging and provocative. -- A.W. Moore Times Literary Supplement This book is certainly going to count as one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of mathematics of the last decades. -- Paolo Mancosu, Assistant Professor of Philosphy, University of California, Berkeley

About the Author

Jerrold J. Katz is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Reviews

"Engaging and provocative." A.W. Moore, Times Literary Supplement"This book is certainly going to count as one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of mathematics of the last decades." Paolo Mancosu, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley "This book is certainly going to count as one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of mathematics of the last decades." Paolo Mancosu , Assistant Professor of Philosphy, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley