A. C. Paseau (University of Oxford), Wesley Wrigley (Logic LSE - Philosophy and Scientific Method)

The Euclidean Programme

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Produktbeschreibung

This Element shows that Euclidean Programme (EP) embodies a traditional sort of epistemological foundationalism about mathematics. This Element is devoted to an examination of the EP. The authors propose a rational reconstruction of the EP's key principles, superior to the axiomatic method.

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Produktdetails

• Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 82
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 134g
• ISBN-13: 9781009221986
• ISBN-10: 1009221981
• Artikelnr.: 69516658

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Euclidean programme
3. Before the EP: Euclid
4. Before the EP: Aristotle
5. The EP's 17th-century apogee
6. Descriptive Axiomatisation and the EP
7. The EP assessed: core principles
8. The EP assessed: subsidiary principles
9. What should replace the EP?
10. Summary
References.