Philosophy of Logic (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9780415581257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 80 str.

Hilary Putnam;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Putnam's essay concerns itself with the ontological problem in the philosophy of logic and mathematics - that is, the issue of whether the abstract entities spoken of in logic and mathematics really exist.

Spis treści

1. What Logic Is? 2. The Nominalism-Realism Issue 3. The Nominalism-Realism Issue and Logic 4. Logic vs Mathematics 5. The Inadequacy of Nominalistic Language 6. Predicative vs Impredicative Conceptions of "Set" 7. How Much Set Theory is Really Indispensible for Science? 8. Indispensibility Arguments 9. Unconsidered Complications

O autorze

Hilary Putnam