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- Book Title
- The Search For Certainty
- ISBN
- 9780198752448
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019875244X
ISBN-13
9780198752448
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038249079
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
298 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Search for Certainty : a Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics
Subject
History & Philosophy, Logic
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-052064
Reviews
"The Search for Certainty is a superb synoptic account of the intense and fruitful work that went into clarifying the foundations of mathematics...It fills the gap in the literature that Giaquinto reports to have noticed when a student of logic, and it does so in an excellent manner." -- The Review of Modern Logic, " The Search for Certainty is a superb synoptic account of the intense and fruitful work that went into clarifying the foundations of mathematics...It fills the gap in the literature that Giaquinto reports to have noticed when a student of logic, and it does so in an excellent manner." -- The Review of Modern Logic, "The Search for Certaintyis a superb synoptic account of the intense and fruitful work that went into clarifying the foundations of mathematics...It fills the gap in the literature that Giaquinto reports to have noticed when a student of logic, and it does so in an excellent manner." --The Reviewof Modern Logic
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
511.3
Table Of Content
1. Setting2. The Class Paradoxes and Early Responses3. The Language Paradoxes and Principia Mathematica4. Axiomatic Set Theory and Hilbert's Programme5. Gödel's Underivability Theorems6. AftermathBibliography, Index
Synopsis
Marcus Giaquinto tells the story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era -- the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of the most original and influential work in logic and philosophy., Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of the most original and influential work in logic and philosophy., The nineteenth century saw a movement to make higher mathematics rigorous.This seemed to be on the brink of success when it was thrown into confusionby the discovery of the class paradoxes. That initiated a period of intenseresearch into the foundations of mathematics, and with it the birth ofmathematical logic and a new, sharper debate in the philosophy ofmathematics. The Search for Certainty examines this foundational endeavour from thediscovery of the paradoxes to the present. Focusing on Russell's logicistprogramme and Hilbert's finitist programme, Giaquinto investigates howsuccessful they were and how successful they could be. These questions areset in the context of a clear, non-technical exposition and assessment ofthe most important discoveries in mathematical logic, above all Gödel'sunderivability theorems.More than six decades after those discoveries, Giaquinto asks what ourpresent perspective should be on the question of certainty in mathematics.Taking recent developments into account, he gives reasons for asurprisingly positive response.
LC Classification Number
QA8.4.G53 2002
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