Mathematics, Models, and Modality - John P. Burgess

Mathematics, Models, and Modality

Selected Philosophical Essays

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Buch | Softcover
316 Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-18967-5 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This selection of John Burgess's essays 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 interest readers in philosophy of mathematics, logic, and philosophy of language.
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.

Introduction; Part I. Mathematics: 1. Numbers and ideas; 2. Why I am not a nominalist; 3. Mathematics and Bleak House; 4. Quine, analyticity, and philosophy of mathematics; 5. Being explained away; 6. E pluribus unum; 7. Logicism: a new look; Part II. Models, Modality, and More: 8. Tarski's tort; 9. Which modal logic is the right one?; 10. Can truth out?; 11. Quinus ab omni noevo vindicatus; 12. Translating names; 13. Relevance: a fallacy?; 14. Dummett's case for intuitionism.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.3.2011
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 460 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Logik / Mengenlehre
ISBN-10 0-521-18967-5 / 0521189675
ISBN-13 978-0-521-18967-5 / 9780521189675
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