Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-60755-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

First published in 2005. This study seeks to identify the specific mistakes that critics were alluding to in their passing asides on Wittgenstein's failure to grasp the mechanics of Godel's second incompleteness theorem. It also includes an understanding of his attack on meta-mathematics and Hilbert's Programme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shanker, S. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Wittgenstein’s Turning-Point; Chapter 2 The Strains in the Realist/Anti-Realist Framework; Chapter 3 The Nature of Proof; Chapter 4 Surveyability; Chapter 5 The Perils of Prose; Chapter 6 Consistency; Chapter 7 The Recovery of Certainty; Chapter 8 Freedom and Necessity;

Über Autor(innen)

S.G. Shanker