Nature Of Mathematics Ilphil28

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Routledge, Jun 23, 2014 - Philosophy - 236 pages
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
 

Contents

PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THREE TYPES OF OPINIONS
7
LOGISTIC
15
PAGE
37
Russells definition of propositional function described
48
The Algebra of Propositional Functions
66
Extensional Functions of Functions
68
Definitions of Descriptions and Classes
74
Consistency of Definition of Classes as Incomplete
80
Other Criticisms of the Axiom of Reducibility
117
A dogma of the Austrian positivists is examined
122
The Formalist View of Mathematics
161
Note on Gödels Theorem
167
INTUITIONISM
169
Digression on the Theory of Sets of Points
178
The Mathematical Controversy
184
The Sociological Basis of Mathematics
191

Intuitions of Continuity in a Sensory Field
87
Dedekinds Definition of Real Number
93
Solution of the Paradoxes
100
Connection Between the Extended Infinite
104
The Axiom of Reducibility
111
Supplementary Note on the Intuitionist Calculus
201
Intuitionist Theory of Cardinal Numbers
207
INDEX
215
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