Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity but it appears distinct from the empirical
sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of
numbers sets and functions. How can these two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This
concise book provides a systematic accessible introduction to the field that is trying to
answer that question: the philosophy of mathematics. Øystein Linnebo one of the world's
leading scholars on the subject introduces all of the classical approaches to the field as
well as more specialized issues including mathematical intuition potential infinity and the
search for new mathematical axioms. Sophisticated but clear and approachable this is an
essential book for all students and teachers of philosophy and of mathematics.
