Marcus Giaquinto

The Search for Certainty

A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taking recent developments into account, he gives reasons for a surprisingly positive response.

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Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of the most original and influential work in logic and philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 166mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198752448
• ISBN-10: 019875244X
• Artikelnr.: 21142021

Autorenporträt

Marcus Giaquinto is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College, London.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Setting
2: The Class Paradoxes and Early Responses
3: The Language Paradoxes and Principia Mathematica
4: Axiomatic Set Theory and Hilbert's Programme
5: Gödel's Underivability Theorems
6: Aftermath
Bibliography, Index