| The Adventure of Reason: Interplay Between Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, 1900-1940 Contributor(s): Mancosu, Paolo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198701519 ISBN-13: 9780198701514 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic - Mathematics | Logic - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 510.1 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (2.25 lbs) 632 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paolo Mancosu presents a series of innovative studies in the history and the philosophy of logic and mathematics in the first half of the twentieth century. The Adventure of Reason is divided into five main sections: history of logic (from Russell to Tarski); foundational issues (Hilbert's program, constructivity, Wittgenstein, Godel); mathematics and phenomenology (Weyl, Becker, Mahnke); nominalism (Quine, Tarski); semantics (Tarski, Carnap, Neurath). Mancosu exploits extensive untapped archival sources to make available a wealth of new material that deepens in significant ways our understanding of these fascinating areas of modern intellectual history. At the same time, the book is a contribution to recent philosophical debates, in particular on the prospects for a successful nominalist reconstruction of mathematics, the nature of finitist intuition, the viability of alternative definitions of logical consequence, and the extent to which phenomenology can hope to account for the exact sciences. |