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Reason's nearest kin : philosophies of arithmetic from Kant to Carnap / Michael Potter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Potter, Michael D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arithmetic--Philosophy.
- Arithmetic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Philosophies of arithmetic from Kant to Carnap
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do we account for the truth of arithmetic? And if it does not depend for its truth on the way the world is, what constrains the world to conform to arithmetic? This text examines the progress made towards answering these questions.
- Contents:
- Kant
- Grundlagen
- Dedekind
- Frege's account of classes
- Russell's account of classes
- The Tractatus
- The second edition of Principia
- Ramsey
- Hilbert's programme
- Gödel
- Carnap.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-171264-7
- 0-19-925261-0
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