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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788811203321

Titolo

Formalism and beyond : on the nature of mathematical discourse / / edited by Godehard Link

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-847-5

1-61451-996-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Collana

Logos : Studien zur Logik, Sprachphilosophie und Metaphysik, , 2198-2201 ; ; volume 23

Disciplina

510.1

Soggetti

Mathematics - Philosophy

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Duality, Epistemic Efficiency & Consistency / Detlefsen, Michael -- Frege on Quantities and Real Numbers in Consideration of the Theories of Cantor, Russell and Others / Schirn, Matthias -- Frege on Formality and the 1906 Independence-Test / Blanchette, Patricia A. -- Formal Discourse in Russell: From Metaphysics to Philosophical Logic / Link, Godehard -- On Live and Dead Signs in Mathematics / Mühlhölzer, Felix -- Generalization and the Impossible: Issues in the search for generalized mathematics around 1900 / Ziche, Paul -- Assumptions of Infinity / Niebergall, Karl-Georg -- The Interpretation of Classes in Axiomatic Set Theory / Roth, Daniel / Schneider, Gregor -- Purity in Arithmetic: some Formal and Informal Issues / Arana, Andrew -- Domain Extensions and Higher-Order Syntactical Interpretations / Polański, Marek -- Finite Methods in Mathematical Practice / Crosilla, Laura / Schuster, Peter -- List of Contributors -- Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

The essays collected in this volume focus on the role of formalist aspects in mathematical theorizing and practice, examining issues such as infinity, finiteness, and proof procedures, as well as central historical figures in the field, including Frege, Russell, Hilbert and Wittgenstein. Using modern logico-philosophical tools and systematic conceptual



and logical analyses, the volume provides a thorough, up-to-date account of the subject.