Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real
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Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real by Albert Lautman
Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. This title collects the work of Lautman. It offers readers an insight into his influence on the development of mathematics and philosophy.
Reading Lautman can help us enrich our picture of the development of the field and take into consideration an option quite different from the received view-- Notre Dame Philosophical Review
Simon Duffy is a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The Logic of Expression: Quality, Quantity and Intensity in Spinoza, Hegel and Deleuze (Ashgate, 2006) and editor of Virtual Mathematics: The Logic of Difference (Clinamen Press, 2006). Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French mathematical philosopher. An escaped prisoner-of-war, he was killed by the Nazis in Toulouse in 1944. His work in the philosophy of mathematics has since had a profound influence on modern European philosophy, in particular the work of Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781441123442 |
| ISBN 10 | 144112344X |
| Title | Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real |
| Author | Albert Lautman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Continuum Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 2011-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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