From Kant to Hilbert : a source book in the foundations of mathematics. volume I / William Ewald. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ewald, William, 1954- compiler.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (695 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This two-volume work brings together a comprehensive selection of mathematical works from the period 1707-1930. During this time the foundations of modern mathematics were laid, and From Kant to Hilbert provides an overview of the foundational work in each of the main branches of mathmeatics with narratives showing how they were linked.

Contents:

Contents; Copyright Permissions; Introduction; 1. GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753); 2. COLIN MACLAURIN (1698-1746); 3. JEAN LEROND D'ALEMBERT (1717-1783); 4. IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804); 5. JOHANN HEINRICH LAMBERT (1728-1777); 6. BERNARD BOLZANO (1781-1848); 7. CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS (1777-1855); 8. DUNCAN GREGORY (1813-1844); 9. AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN (1806-1871); 10. WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON (1805-1865); 11. GEORGE BOOLE (1815-1864); 12. JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER (1814-1897); 13. WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD (1845-1879); 14. ARTHUR CAYLEY (1821-1895); 15. CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE (1839-1914); References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 27, 2023).

ISBN:

1-383-02108-2

1-281-76998-3

9786611769987

0-19-152309-7

1-4356-0965-4

OCLC:

437108842