Mathematics and the Image of Reason

ISBN-13: 9780415033183 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 200 str.

Mary Tiles;Mary Tiles

Opis

As science has become increasingly more mathematical and as computers continue to infiltrate life in affluent societies, the philosopher's concern with mathematics has, paradoxically, dwindled. It has come to be tacitly presumed that mathematics is nothing but logic.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 AXIOMATIZATION, RIGOUR AND REASON, 2 FREGE: ARITHMETIC AS LOGIC, 3 RUSSELL: MATHEMATICS AS LOGIC, 4 HILBERT: MATHEMATICS AS A FORMULA GAME?, 5 IDEAL ELEMENTS AND RATIONAL IDEALS, Glossary of Symbols, Further Reading, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Mary Tiles