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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299985703321

Autore

Murawski Roman

Titolo

The Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic in the 1920s and 1930s in Poland [[electronic resource] /] / by Roman Murawski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Springer Basel : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014

ISBN

3-0348-0831-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Science Networks. Historical Studies, , 1421-6329 ; ; 48

Disciplina

510.904

Soggetti

Mathematical logic

Mathematics

History

Philosophy

Logic

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

History of Mathematical Sciences

History of Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Predecessors -- The Polish School of Mathematics -- Lvov-Warsaw School of Philosophy -- Benedykt Bornstein -- Cracow Centre -- Conclusion -- Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this book is to present and analyze philosophical conceptions concerning mathematics and logic as formulated by Polish logicians, mathematicians and philosophers in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a remarkable period in the history of Polish science, in particular in the history of Polish logic and mathematics. Therefore, it is justified to ask whether and to what extent the development of logic and mathematics was accompanied by a philosophical reflection. We try to answer those questions by analyzing both works of Polish logicians and mathematicians who have a philosophical temperament as well as their research practice. Works and philosophical views of the following Polish scientists will be analyzed: Wacław Sierpiński, Zygmunt Janiszewski, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Stefan Banach Hugo Steinhaus, Eustachy Żylińsk



and Leon Chwistek, Jan Łukasiewicz, Zygmunt Zawirski, Stanisław Leśniewski, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Alfred Tarski, Andrzej Mostowski and Henryk Mehlberg, Jan Sleszyński, Stanisław Zaremba and Witold Wilkosz. To indicate the background of scientists being active in the 1920s and 1930s we consider in Chapter 1 some predecessors, in particular: Jan Śniadecki, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Samuel Dickstein and Edward Stamm.