Wittgenstein, finitism, and the foundations of mathematics / Mathieu Marion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marion, Mathieu, 1962-

Series:

Oxford philosophical monographs.

Oxford philosophical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mathieu Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking from the 1920's through to the 1950's, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the time, making sense of ideas that have often been misunderstood. He shows that study of Wittgenstein's writings on mathematics is essential to a proper understanding of his philosophy. - ;Mathieu Marion offers a careful, historically informed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics. This area of his work has frequently been undervalued by Wittgenstein specialists and by philosophers of mathematics alike; but the surprisi

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Wittgenstein's Anti-Platonism; 2. Logicism without Classes; 3. Arbitrary Functions; 4. Quantification and Finitism; 5. From Truth-Functional Logic to a Logic of Equations; 6. Philosophy and Logical Foundations; 7. The Continuum; 8. Strict Finitism; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-170155-6

0-19-156832-5

1-281-99876-1

9786611998769

OCLC:

436041382