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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815390903321

Autore

Sieg Wilfried <1945->

Titolo

Hilbert's programs and beyond / / Wilfried Sieg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-970715-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Logic and computation in philosophy

Disciplina

510.1

Soggetti

Mathematics - 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

Cover; Contents; Introduction; In.1 A Perspective on Hilbert's Programs; In.2 Milestones; I: Mathematical roots; I.1 Dedekind's analysis of number: systems and axioms; I.2 Methods for real arithmetic; I.3 Hilbert's programs: 1917-1922; II: Analyses: Historical; II.1 Finitist proof theory: 1922-1934; II.2 After Königsberg; II.3 In the shadow of incompleteness: Hilbert and Gentzen; II.4 Gödel at Zilsel's; II.5 Hilbert and Bernays: 1939; Systematical; II.6 Foundations for analysis and proof theory; II.7 Reductions of theories for analysis; II.8 Hilbert's program sixty years later

II.9 On reverse mathematicsII.10 Relative consistency and accessible domains; III: Philosophical horizons; III.1 Aspects of mathematical experience; III.2 Beyond Hilbert's reach?; III.3 Searching for proofs (and uncovering capacities of the mathematical mind); Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

David Hilbert was one of the great mathematicians who expounded the centrality of their subject in human thought. In this collection of essays, Wilfried Sieg frames Hilbert's foundational work, from 1890 to 1939, in a comprehensive way and integrates it with modern proof theoretic investigations. Ten essays are devoted to the analysis of classical as well as modern proof theory; three papers on the mathematical roots of Hilbert's work precede the analytical core, and three final essays exploit an open philosophical horizon for reflection on the nature of mathematics in the 21st century.