Mary Leng is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York. She previously held a research fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge (2002-2006), and visiting fellowships at the University of California at Irvine (2001)and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study at the University of British Columbia (2003). Her primary research interests are in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, and the Philosophy of Science. She is the co-editor (with Alexander Paseau and Michael Potter) of Mathematical Knowledge (Oxford: OUP, 2007).

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Naturalism and Ontology ; 3. The Indispensability of Mathematics ; 4. Naturalism and Mathematical Practice ; 5. Naturalism and Scientific Practice ; 6. Naturalized Ontology ; 7. Mathematics and Make-Believe ; 8. Mathematical Fictionalism and Constructive Empiricism ; 9. Explaining the Success of Mathematics ; 10. Conclusion

Mathematics and Reality is to be recommended highly ... it presents a distinctive new version of fictionalism to throw into the contemporary mix that will repay close attention by all philosophers of mathematics.

Mary Leng is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York. She previously held a research fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge (2002-2006), and visiting fellowships at the University of California at Irvine (2001)and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study at the University of British Columbia (2003). Her primary research interests are in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, and the Philosophy of Science. She is the co-editor (with Alexander Paseau and Michael Potter) of Mathematical Knowledge (Oxford: OUP, 2007).

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Naturalism and Ontology ; 3. The Indispensability of Mathematics ; 4. Naturalism and Mathematical Practice ; 5. Naturalism and Scientific Practice ; 6. Naturalized Ontology ; 7. Mathematics and Make-Believe ; 8. Mathematical Fictionalism and Constructive Empiricism ; 9. Explaining the Success of Mathematics ; 10. Conclusion

Mathematics and Reality is to be recommended highly ... it presents a distinctive new version of fictionalism to throw into the contemporary mix that will repay close attention by all philosophers of mathematics.

Mary Leng is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York. She previously held a research fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge (2002-2006), and visiting fellowships at the University of California at Irvine (2001)and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Study at the University of British Columbia (2003). Her primary research interests are in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, and the Philosophy of Science. She is the co-editor (with Alexander Paseau and Michael Potter) of Mathematical Knowledge (Oxford: OUP, 2007).

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Naturalism and Ontology ; 3. The Indispensability of Mathematics ; 4. Naturalism and Mathematical Practice ; 5. Naturalism and Scientific Practice ; 6. Naturalized Ontology ; 7. Mathematics and Make-Believe ; 8. Mathematical Fictionalism and Constructive Empiricism ; 9. Explaining the Success of Mathematics ; 10. Conclusion

Mathematics and Reality is to be recommended highly ... it presents a distinctive new version of fictionalism to throw into the contemporary mix that will repay close attention by all philosophers of mathematics.