Mathematics Models and Modality

John Burgess is the author of a rich and creative body of work which seeks to defend classical logic and mathematics through counter-criticism of their nominalist intuitionist relevantist and other critics. This selection of his essays which spans twenty-five years addresses key topics including nominalism neo-logicism intuitionism modal logic analyticity and translation. An introduction sets the essays in context and offers a retrospective appraisal of their aims. The volume will be of interest to a wide range of readers across philosophy of mathematics logic and philosophy of language.