Logic, mathematics, philosophy : vingate enthusiasms : essays in honour of John L. Bell / David DeVidi, Michael Hallett, Peter Clark, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeVidi, David, 1962-

Hallett, Michael.

Clark, Peter, Ph. D.

Bell, J. L. (John Lane)

Series:

University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 75.

University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Bell, J. L. (John Lane).

Bell, J. L.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xviii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, 2011.

Summary:

The volume includes twenty-five research papers presented as gifts to John L. Bell to celebrate his 60th birthday by colleagues, former students, friends and admirers. Like Bell 's own work, the contributions cross boundaries into several inter-related fields. The contributions are new work by highly respected figures, several of whom are among the key figures in their fields. Some examples: in foundations of maths and logic (William Lawvere, Peter Aczel, Graham Priest, Giovanni Sambin); analytical philosophy (Michael Dummett, William Demopoulos), philosophy of science (Michael Redhead, Frank Arntzenius), philosophy of mathematics (Michael Hallett, John Mayberry, Daniel Isaacson) and decision theory and foundations of economics (Ken Bimore). Most articles are contributions to current philosophical debates, but contributions also include some new mathematical results, important historical surveys, and a translation by Wilfrid Hodges of a key work of arabic logic.

Contents:

Pt. 1. History and philosophy of mathematics and logic

pt. 2. Truth, consistency and paradox

pt. 3. Logic, set theory and category theory

pt. 4. Philosophy of science

pt. 5. Decision theory and epistemology

pt. 6. Aesthetics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789400702134

9400702132

OCLC:

690089371