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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782058103321

Titolo

History and philosophy of modern mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William Aspray and Philip Kitcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1988

ISBN

0-8166-5305-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

AsprayWilliam

KitcherPhilip <1947->

Disciplina

501 s510.9

Soggetti

Mathematics - History

Mathematics - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The volume is the outgrowth of a conference held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 17-19 May 1985"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 365-366 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; An Opinionated Introduction; I: Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics; II: Reinterpretations in the History of Mathematics; III: Case Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics; IV: The Social Context of Modern Mathematics; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The fourteen essays in this volume build on the pioneering effort of Garrett Birkhoff, professor of mathematics at Harvard University, who in 1974 organized a conference of mathematicians and historians of modern mathematics to examine how the two disciplines approach the history of mathematics. In History and Philosophy of Modern Mat