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Philosophy of Mathematics - Set Theory, Measuring Theories, and Nominalism

English · Hardback

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One main interest of philosophy is to become clear about the assumptions, premisses and inconsistencies of our thoughts and theories. And even for a formal language like mathematics it is controversial if consistency is acheivable or necessary like the articles in the firt part of the publication show. Also the role of formal derivations, the role of the concept of apriority, and the intuitions of mathematical principles and properties need to be discussed. The second part is a contribution on nominalistic and platonistic views in mathematics, like the "indispensability argument" of W. v. O. Quine H. Putnam and the "makes no difference argument" of A. Baker. Not only in retrospect, the third part shows the problems of Mill, Frege's and the unity of mathematics and Descartes's contradictional conception of mathematical essences. Together, these articles give us a hint into the relationship between mathematics and world, that is, one of the central problems in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science.

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Assisted by Peter (Editor), Peter (Editor), Georg Peter (Editor), Gerhar Preyer (Editor), Gerhard Preyer (Editor)
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.10.2008
 
EAN 9783110323092
ISBN 978-3-11-032309-2
No. of pages 184
Dimensions 152 mm x 16 mm x 216 mm
Weight 361 g
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Logos. Studien zur Logik, Sprachphilosophie und Metaphysik
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Logos. Studien zur Logik, Sprachphilosophie und Metaphysik
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Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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