The Philosophy of Mathematics Today

Buch | Hardcover

652 Seiten

1998
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823654-2 (ISBN)

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A collection of twenty essays which deal with foundational issues, from the nature of mathematical knowledge and mathematical existence to logical consequence, abstraction, and the notions of set and natural number. A variety of prominent approaches to the philosophy of mathematics are represented and criticized.

The Philosophy of Mathematics Today gives a panorama of the best current work in this lively field, through twenty essays specially written for this collection by leading figures. The topics include indeterminacy, logical consequence, mathematical methodology, abstraction, and both Hilbert's and Frege's foundational programmes. The collection will be an important source for research in the philosophy of mathematics for years to come.

Contributors
Paul Benacerraf, George Boolos, John P. Burgess, Charles S. Chihara, Michael Detlefsen, Michael Dummett, Hartry Field, Kit Fine, Bob Hale, Richard G. Heck, Jnr., Geoffrey Hellman, Penelope Maddy, Karl-Georg Niebergall, Charles D. Parsons, Michael D. Resnik, Matthias Schirn, Stewart Shapiro, Peter Simons, W.W. Tait, Crispin Wright.

PART I: ONTOLOGY, MODELS, AND INDETERMINACY ; PART II: MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND METHOD ; PART III: FINITISM AND INTUITIONISM ; PART IV: FREGE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ARITHMETIC ; PART V: SETS, STRUCTURE, AND ABSTRACTION

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.8.1998
Zusatzinfo	numerous diagrams
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 243 mm
Gewicht	1150 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
ISBN-10	0-19-823654-9 / 0198236549
ISBN-13	978-0-19-823654-2 / 9780198236542
Zustand	Neuware