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Logicism and its philosophical legacy /
"The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of cla...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject -- Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap -- and in doing so illuminate current concerns about the nature of mathematical and theoretical knowledge. Issues addressed include the nature of arithmetical knowledge in the light of Frege's theorem; the status of realism about the theoretical entities of physics; and the proper interpretation of empirical theories that postulate abstract structural constraints."--Publisher's website |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139625876 113962587X 9781139342605 1139342606 9781139616577 1139616579 9781139612852 1139612859 1139610996 9781139610995 1107237386 9781107237384 1139609211 9781139609210 1139622153 9781139622158 |