Philosophies of Mathematics
Seiten
2001
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-19544-3 (ISBN)
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-19544-3 (ISBN)
During the 1920s and 30s philosophers and mathematicians attempted to clarify the nature of mathematics, their legacy consists of three programs. This text aims to provide an introduction to these programs by describing and investigating their philosophical and mathematical components.
Alexander George is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Amherst College. He is editor of Reflections on Chomsky (1989) Western State Terrorism (1991) and Mathematics and Mind (1994). Daniel J. Velleman is Professor of Mathematics at Amherst College. He is author of How to Prove It: A Structured Approach (1994) and co-author of Which Way Did the Bicycle Go? And Other Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries (with Joseph Konhauser and Stan Wagon, 1996).
Preface. 1. Introduction.
2. Logicism.
3. Set Theory.
4. Intuitionism.
5. Intuitionistic Mathematics.
6. Finitism.
7. The Incompleteness Theorems.
8. Coda.
References.
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.11.2001 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 367 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-631-19544-0 / 0631195440 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-631-19544-3 / 9780631195443 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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