On the Mathematical Method and Correspondence with Exner : Translated by Paul Rusnock and Rolf George / Bernard Bolzano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolzano, Bernard, 1781-1848, author.

Series:

Studien zur Österreichischen Philosophie ; 37.

Studien zur Österreichischen Philosophie ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Mathematics--Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; New York, New York : Rodopi, [2004]

Summary:

The Prague Philosopher Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) has long been admired for his groundbreaking work in mathematics: his rigorous proofs of fundamental theorems in analysis, his construction of a continuous, nowhere-differentiable function, his investigations of the infinite, and his anticipations of Cantor's set theory. He made equally outstanding contributions in philosophy, most notably in logic and methodology. One of the greatest mathematician-philosophers since Leibniz, Bolzano is now widely recognised as a major figure of nineteenth-century philosophy. Praised by Husserl as "one of the greatest logicians of all times," he has also been recognised by Michael Dummett as one of the first modern analytic philosophers and by Alberto Coffa as the founder of the "semantic tradition." This volume contains English translations of the essay "On the Mathematical Method," a concise introduction to Bolzano's logic and philosophy of mathematics, as well as substantial selections from his correspondence with Franz Exner, Professor of Philosophy at the Charles University in Prague in the 1830s and 40s. It will be of interest to students of Austrian philosophy, the development of analytic philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the history and philosophy of logic and mathematics.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

A note on the translation

I On the Mathematical Method

II Selections from the Bolzano-Exner Correspondence

III Bolzano and Exner on Ideas and their objects: an exchange from 1843

IV Indices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bolzano, Bernard On the Mathematical Method and Correspondence with Exner

ISBN:

90-04-45842-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004458420 DOI