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Philosophy of Mathematics: Set Theory, Measuring Theories, and Nominalism (Logos, 13) - Hardcover

 
9783110323092: Philosophy of Mathematics: Set Theory, Measuring Theories, and Nominalism (Logos, 13)
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ISBN 10: 3110323095 ISBN 13: 9783110323092
Verlag: De Gruyter, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

One main interest of philosophy is to become clear about the assumptions, premisses and inconsistencies of our thoughts and theories. And even for a formal language like mathematics it is controversial if consistency is acheivable or necessary like the articles in the firt part of the publication show. Also the role of formal derivations, the role of the concept of apriority, and the intuitions of mathematical principles and properties need to be discussed. The second part is a contribution on nominalistic and platonistic views in mathematics, like the "indispensability argument" of W. v. O. Quine H. Putnam and the "makes no difference argument" of A. Baker. Not only in retrospect, the third part shows the problems of Mill, Frege's and the unity of mathematics and Descartes's contradictional conception of mathematical essences. Together, these articles give us a hint into the relationship between mathematics and world, that is, one of the central problems in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science.

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Verlag
De Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3110323095
ISBN 13 
9783110323092
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
184
Herausgeber
Preyer Gerhard, Peter Georg
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