Parsons Mathematics in Philosophy

Selected Essays
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5017-2932-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This important book by a major American philosopher brings together eleven essays treating problems in logic and the philosophy of mathematics. A common point of view, that mathematical thought is central to our thought in general, underlies the essays. In his introduction, Parsons articulates that point of view and relates it to past and recent discussions of the foundations of mathematics.Mathematics in Philosophy is divided into three parts. Ontology—the question of the nature and extent of existence assumptions in mathematics—is the subject of Part One and recurs elsewhere. Part Two consists of essays on two important historical figures, Kant and Frege, and one contemporary, W. V. Quine. Part Three contains essays on the three interrelated notions of set, class, and truth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parsons, Charles D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik

Über Autor(innen)

ParsonsCharles D.:
Charles Parsons is Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of Mathematics in Philosophy: Selected Essays from Cornell and On Constructive Interpretation of Predicative Mathematics.