Seeing the Whole by Dan Jones
One main interest of philosophy is to become clear about the assumptions, premisses and inconsistencies of our thoughts and theories. And even for a formal language like mathematics it is controversial if consistency is acheivable or necessary like the articles in the firt part of the publication show. Also the role of formal derivations, the role of the concept of apriority, and the intuitions of mathematical principles and properties need to be discussed. The second part is a contribution on nominalistic and platonistic views in mathematics, like the indispensability argument of W. v. O. Quine H. Putnam and the makes no difference argument of A. Baker. Not only in retrospect, the third part shows the problems of Mill, Frege's and the unity of mathematics and Descartes's contradictional conception of mathematical essences. Together, these articles give us a hint into the relationship between mathematics and world, that is, one of the central problems in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780966784350 |
| ISBN 10 | 0966784359 |
| Title | Seeing the Whole |
| Author | Dan Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lean Enterprise Institute,US |
| Year published | 2002-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 97 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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