A W Moore

The Infinite

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Infinite, Third Edition, is ideal reading for anyone interested in an engaging and historically informed account of this fascinating topic, whether from a philosophical point of view, a mathematical point of view, or a religious point of view.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781138504240
• ISBN-10: 1138504246
• Artikelnr.: 54474026

Autorenporträt

A.W. Moore is Professor of Philosophy and Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK, and Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford. He is joint editor, with Lucy O'Brien, of the journal Mind. In 2016 he wrote and presented the series A History of the Infinite on BBC Radio 4.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The History 1. Early Greek Thought 2. Aristotle 3. Medieval and
Renaissance Thought 4. The Calculus 5. The Rationalists and the Empiricists
6. Kant 7. Post-Kantian Metaphysics of the Infinite 8. The Mathematics of
the Infinite, and the Impact of Cantor 9. Reactions Part II: Infinity
Assessed 10. Transfinite Mathematics 11. The Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem 12.
Gödel's Theorem 13. Saying and Showing 14. Infinity Assessed. The History
Reassessed 15. Human Finitude Part III: Infinity Superseded 16. Infinity
Reassessed. The History Reassessed Anew 17. Learning How to be Finite