Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics
Wittgenstein's remarks on mathematics have not received the recogni tion they deserve; they have for the most part been either ignored, or dismissed as unworthy of the author of the Tractatus and the I nvestiga tions. This is unfortunate, I believe, and not at all fair, for these remarks are...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1976, 1976
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1976 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Wittgenstein As Critic
- A. Platonism
- B. Intuitionism
- C. Formalism
- D. Empiricism
- E. Conventionalism
- F. Summary and Projection
- II. Wittgenstein as Creator
- A. Wittgenstein’s Behavioral Theory of Inference
- B. The Role of Mathematics
- C. The theory as explanatory
- III. Critics of Wittgenstein
- A. Wittgenstein and Strict Finitism
- B. Wittgenstein and Objectivity
- C. Wittgenstein’s Contributions
- Selected Bibliography