Plato's problem

an introduction to mathematical Platonism

Marco Panza

Andrea Sereni

Palgrave Macmillan

2013

Abstract

What is mathematics about? And how can we have access to the reality it is supposed to describe? The book tells the story of this problem, first raised by Plato, through the views of Aristotle, Proclus, Kant, Frege, Gödel, Benacerraf, up to the most recent debate on mathematical platonism.

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel

Frege Gottlob

Aristoteles

Plato

Proclus