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Record Nr.

UNINA9910279756103321

Titolo

Feferman on Foundations : Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy / / edited by Gerhard Jäger, Wilfried Sieg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-63334-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (lxxx, 551 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Outstanding Contributions to Logic, , 2211-2758 ; ; 13

Disciplina

511.3

Soggetti

Mathematical logic

Logic

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Tentative TOC Table of contents Introduction: Perspective Feferman: Autobiography I. Mathematical Logic -- Model Theory  -- Set Theory  -- Proof Theory. - Computability Theory II. Conceptual Expansions . Predicativity  -- Unfolding 2  -- Semi-constructive systems III. Axiomatic Foundations  -- Explicit Mathematics and Operational Set Theory  -- Theories of Truth  -- Foundations of Category Theory IV. From Logic to Philosophy  -- What is Logic?  -- Foundational Ways  -- Gödel, Minds and Machines  -- New Axioms and the Continuum Problem  -- Conceptual Structuralism V. Responses Feferman: Bibliography Contributors: Short biographies -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume honours the life and work of Solomon Feferman, one of the most prominent mathematical logicians of the latter half of the 20th century. In the collection of essays presented here, researchers examine Feferman’s work on mathematical as well as specific methodological and philosophical issues that tie into mathematics. Feferman’s work was largely based in mathematical logic (namely model theory, set theory, proof theory and computability theory), but also branched out into methodological and philosophical issues, making it well known beyond the borders of the mathematics community. With regard to methodological issues, Feferman supported



concrete projects. On the one hand, these projects calibrate the proof theoretic strength of subsystems of analysis and set theory and provide ways of overcoming the limitations imposed by Gödel’s incompleteness theorems through appropriate conceptual expansions. On the other, they seek to identify novel axiomatic foundations for mathematical practice, truth theories, and category theory. In his philosophical research, Feferman explored questions such as “What is logic?” and proposed particular positions regarding the foundations of mathematics including, for example, his “conceptual structuralism.” The contributing authors of the volume examine all of the above issues. Their papers are accompanied by an autobiography presented by Feferman that reflects on the evolution and intellectual contexts of his work. The contributing authors critically examine Feferman’s work and, in part, actively expand on his concrete mathematical projects. The volume illuminates Feferman’s distinctive work and, in the process, provides an enlightening perspective on the foundations of mathematics and logic.