Gandon Russell's Unknown Logicism

A Study in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-02465-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 263 Seiten

Reihe: Philosophy and Religion (R0)

In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell's two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics , meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gandon, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Projective Geometry Metrical Geometry Geometry, Logicism and 'if-thenism' Quantity in PoM Quantity in PM Application Constraint in PM Russell's Universalism and Topic-Specificity Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SEBASTIEN GANDON Professor of Philosophy at the Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013