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Title: Philosophy of Mathematics Condition: New Subtitle: Selected Readings EAN: 9780521296489 ISBN: 9780521296489 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 01/27/1984 Description: The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox (Russell's Paradox), a challenge to 'classical' mathematics from a world-famous mathematician (the 'mathematical intuitionism' of Brouwer), a new foundational school (Hilbert's Formalism), and the profound incompleteness results of Kurt Gödel. In the same period, the cross-fertilization of mathematics and philosophy resulted in a new sort of 'mathematical philosophy', associated most notably (but in different ways) with Bertrand Russell, W. V. Quine, and Gödel himself, and which remains at the focus of Anglo-Saxon philosophical discussion. The present collection brings together in a convenient form the seminal articles in the philosophy of mathematics by these and other major thinkers. It is a substantially revised version of the edition first published in 1964 and includes a revised bibliography. The volume will be welcomed as a major work of reference at this level in the field. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 232mm Item Length: 153mm Item Width: 39mm Item Weight: 910g Contributor: Hilary Putnam (Edited by), Paul Benacerraf (Edited by) Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Topic: Science Nature & Math Author: Hilary Putnam Release Year: 1984 Missing Information?
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