bokomslag Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy
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Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy

William Demopoulos

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  • 281 sidor
  • 2013
The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject - Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap - and in doing so illuminate current concerns about the nature of mathematical and theoretical knowledge. Issues addressed include the nature of arithmetical knowledge in the light of Frege's theorem; the status of realism about the theoretical entities of physics; and the proper interpretation of empirical theories that postulate abstract structural constraints.
  • Författare: William Demopoulos
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781107029804
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 281
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-03
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press