Russell's Unknown Logicism: A Study in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9781349366835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 263 str.

S. Gandon;Michael Beaney

Opis

In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell's two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics, meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013.

Spis treści

Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction Projective Geometry Metrical Geometry Geometry, Logicism and 'if-thenism' Quantity in PoM Quantity in PM Application Constraint in PM Russell's Universalism and Topic-Specificity Bibliography Index

O autorze

SEBASTIEN GANDON Professor of Philosophy at the Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013