Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-38286-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 728 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions - Wittgenstein

First published in 2005. This study seeks to identify the specific mistakes that critics were alluding to in their passing asides on Wittgenstein's failure to grasp the mechanics of Godel's second incompleteness theorem. It also includes an understanding of his attack on meta-mathematics and Hilbert's Programme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shanker, S. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Wittgenstein’s Turning-Point; Chapter 2 The Strains in the Realist/Anti-Realist Framework; Chapter 3 The Nature of Proof; Chapter 4 Surveyability; Chapter 5 The Perils of Prose; Chapter 6 Consistency; Chapter 7 The Recovery of Certainty; Chapter 8 Freedom and Necessity;

Über Autor(innen)

S.G. Shanker