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Set Theory, Measuring Theories, and Nominalism (Logos.Studies in Logic, Philosophy of Language)

 

One main interest of philosophy is to become clear about the assumptions, premisses and inconsistencies of our thoughts and theories. And even  for a formal language like mathematics it is controversial if consistency is acheivable or necessary like the articles in the firt part of the publication show. Also the role of formal derivations, the role of the concept of apriority, and  the intuitions of mathematical principles and properties need to be discussed.  The second part is a contribution on nominalistic and platonistic views in mathematics, like the "indispensability argument" of W. v. O. Quine H. Putnam and the "makes no difference argument" of A. Baker. Not only in retrospect, the third part shows the problems of Mill, Frege's and the unity of mathematics and Descartes's contradictional conception of mathematical essences. Together, these articles give us a hint into the relationship between mathematics and world, that is, one of the central problems in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science.
 
184 S. HC
9783868380095
Ontos Verlag

Preyer Gerhard and Georg Peter, Philosophy of Mathematics

Artikelnummer: 9783868380095
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