The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the
foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox
(Russell's Paradox), a challenge to 'classical' mathematics from a
world-famous mathematician (the 'mathematical intuitionism' of
Brouwer), a new foundational school (Hilbert's Formalism), and the
profound incompleteness results of Kurt Gödel. In the same period,
the cross-fertilization of mathematics and philosophy resulted in a
new sort of 'mathematical philosophy', associated most notably (but in
different ways) with Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, and Gödel
himself, and which remains at the focus of Anglo-Saxon philosophical
discussion. The present collection brings together in a convenient
form the seminal articles in the philosophy of mathematics by these
and other major thinkers. It is a substantially revised version of the
edition first published in 1964 and includes a revised bibliography.
The volume will be welcomed as a major work of reference at this level
in the field.
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Selected Readings
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781107266049
Publisert
2014
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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