The Infinite

ISBN-13: 9781138504257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 332 str.

UK) Moore A.W. (University of Oxford

Opis

The Infinite, Third Edition, is ideal reading for anyone interested in an engaging and historically informed account of this fascinating topic, whether from a philosophical point of view, a mathematical point of view, or a religious point of view.

Spis treści

Part I: The History  1. Early Greek Thought  2. Aristotle  3. Medieval and Renaissance Thought  4. The Calculus  5. The Rationalists and the Empiricists  6. Kant  7. Post-Kantian Metaphysics of the Infinite  8. The Mathematics of the Infinite, and the Impact of Cantor  9. Reactions  Part II: Infinity Assessed  10. Transfinite Mathematics  11. The Lowenheim–Skolem Theorem  12. Gödel’s Theorem  13. Saying and Showing  14. Infinity Assessed. The History Reassessed  15. Human Finitude  Part III: Infinity Superseded  16. Infinity Reassessed. The History Reassessed Anew  17. Learning How to be Finite 

O autorze

A.W. Moore is Professor of Philosophy and Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK, and Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford. He is joint editor, with Lucy O’Brien, of the journal Mind. In 2016 he wrote and presented the series A History of the Infinite on BBC Radio 4.