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The Adventure of Reason - Interplay Between Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, 1900-1940 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,423
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The Adventure of Reason - Interplay Between Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, 1900-1940 (Hardcover): Paolo...

The Adventure of Reason - Interplay Between Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, 1900-1940 (Hardcover)

Paolo Mancosu

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Paolo Mancosu presents a series of innovative studies in the history and the philosophy of logic and mathematics in the first half of the twentieth century. The Adventure of Reason is divided into five main sections: history of logic (from Russell to Tarski); foundational issues (Hilbert's program, constructivity, Wittgenstein, Godel); mathematics and phenomenology (Weyl, Becker, Mahnke); nominalism (Quine, Tarski); semantics (Tarski, Carnap, Neurath). Mancosu exploits extensive untapped archival sources to make available a wealth of new material that deepens in significant ways our understanding of these fascinating areas of modern intellectual history. At the same time, the book is a contribution to recent philosophical debates, in particular on the prospects for a successful nominalist reconstruction of mathematics, the nature of finitist intuition, the viability of alternative definitions of logical consequence, and the extent to which phenomenology can hope to account for the exact sciences.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2010
First published: 2011
Authors: Paolo Mancosu
Dimensions: 254 x 181 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 632
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954653-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
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LSN: 0-19-954653-3
Barcode: 9780199546534

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