Wittgenstein, finitism, and the foundations of mathematics / / Mathieu Marion

• Autore: Marion Mathieu <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 510/.1
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Wittgenstein's Anti-Platonism; 2. Logicism without Classes; 3. Arbitrary Functions; 4. Quantification and Finitism; 5. From Truth-Functional Logic to a Logic of Equations; 6. Philosophy and Logical Foundations; 7. The Continuum; 8. Strict Finitism; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Mathieu Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking from the 1920's through to the 1950's, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the time, making sense of ideas that have often been misunderstood. He shows that study of Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics is essential to a proper understanding of his philosophy. - ;Mathieu Marion offers a careful, historically informed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics. This area of his work has frequently been undervalued by Wittgenstein specialists and by philosophers of mathematics alike; but the surprisi
• Titolo autorizzato: Wittgenstein, finitism, and the foundations of mathematics
• ISBN: 0-19-170155-6; 0-19-156832-5; 1-281-99876-1; 9786611998769
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963848103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford philosophical monographs.