| Logic, Logic, and Logic Contributor(s): Boolos, George (Author), Burgess, John P. (Introduction by), Jeffrey, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 067453767X ISBN-13: 9780674537675 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1999 Annotation: George Boolos was one of the most prominent and influential logician-philosophers of recent times. This collection, nearly all chosen by Boolos himself shortly before his death, includes thirty papers on set theory, second-order logic, and plural quantifiers; on Frege, Dedekind, Cantor, and Russell; and on miscellaneous topics in logic and proof theory, including three papers on various aspects of the Godel theorems. Boolos is universally recognized as the leader in the renewed interest in studies of Frege's work on logic and the philosophy of mathematics. John Burgess has provided introductions to each of the three parts of the volume, and also an afterword on Boolos's technical work in provability logic, which is beyond the scope of this volume. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 160 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.04" W x 9.3" (1.42 lbs) 443 pages |
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| Publisher Description: George Boolos was one of the most prominent and influential logician-philosophers of recent times. This collection, nearly all chosen by Boolos himself shortly before his death, includes thirty papers on set theory, second-order logic, and plural quantifiers; on Frege, Dedekind, Cantor, and Russell; and on miscellaneous topics in logic and proof theory, including three papers on various aspects of the G del theorems. Boolos is universally recognized as the leader in the renewed interest in studies of Frege's work on logic and the philosophy of mathematics. John Burgess has provided introductions to each of the three parts of the volume, and also an afterword on Boolos's technical work in provability logic, which is beyond the scope of this volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boolos, George: - George Boolos was Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |