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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic (Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy)

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Anyone looking for a synopsis on collected essays on this subject need look no further. This is not only because of the relative scarcity of books on this subject. I would say this book will become (if it is not already) the bible of the philosophy of maths, like the book of Hardy is on number theory.

The chapters start in a readable manner also for laymen like me. For these introductions in prose (I mean without logic formulas and math language)alone the book is worth the buy.

I have to admit though that to fully comprehend the details, more advanced maths knowledge is necessary. But everything is there, all the key-figures that played and play a role in the discussion on this subject, and a discussion on what they have done and how their contribution adds to this relatively new field.

Highly recommended, among the works of Shapiro himself.

The book is a very good and comprehensive overview of the current field. It contains a lot of separate essays that present a good picture of the area under investigation.

I recommend this book to everybody who is interested in this field.