BENACERRAF AND HIS CRITICS

Ten essays discussing the key themes from Princeton's Paul Benacerraf's philosophy of mathematics revive the philosopher's arguments regarding the semantics of mathematics and their effects on language study and metaphysics. The contributing scholars tackle difficult questions in Platonism and mathematical truth, indeterminacy arguments, logicism, infinity, and the relationship of mathematics and language. The volume also features an original article by the man himself titled, "What mathematical Truth Could Not Be - I." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Paul Benacerraf is Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University.

Adam Morton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol. His publications include Philosophy in Practice: An Introduction to the Main Questions (1996); Frames of Mind (1980); and Disasters and Dilemmas 91991). He has completed a new edition of A Guide to the Theory of Knowledge (Blackwell).

Stephen P. Stich is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He is author of From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science and the Fragmentation of Reason; and co-editor (with Ted Warfield) of Mental Representation: A Reader (Blackwell, 1994).