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Zusatztext A fine historical study ... Marion tells an interesting and convinving story. He carefully identifies both the continuities and the discontinuities in the evolution of Wittgenstein's ideas, and makes good sense of each ... Marion's book is certainly to be recommended both for its exegesis and, through its compelling presentation of these ideas, for its contribution to the philosophy of mathematics. Informationen zum Autor Mathieu Marion holds the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics at the University of Quebec, Montreal. Klappentext Mathieu Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking from the 1920s through to the 1950s, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the time, making sense of ideas that have often been misunderstood. He shows that study of Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics is essential to a proper understanding of his philosophy. Zusammenfassung Mathieu Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking from the 1920s through to the 1950s, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the time, making sense of ideas that have often been misunderstood. He shows that study of Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics is essential to a proper understanding of his philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Wittgenstein's Anti-Platonism 2: Logicism without Classes 3: Arbitrary Functions 4: Quantification and Finitism 5: From Truth-Functional Logic to a Logic of Equations 6: Philosophy and Logical Foundations 7: The Continuum 8: Strict Finitism Bibliography Index
