Russell''s Unknown Logicism - A Study in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

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

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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: S Gandon, S. Gandon, Sebastien Gandon
• Mitarbeit: Kenneth A Loparo (Herausgeber), Michae Beaney (Herausgeber), Michael Beaney (Herausgeber), Kenneth A. Loparo (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349366835
• ISBN: 978-1-349-36683-5
• Seiten: 276
• Serien: History of Analytic Philosophy; History of Analytic Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; B, Logic, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy: logic, Analysis (Philosophy), Analytic Philosophy, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Early Modern Philosophy