The Oxford handbook of philosophy of mathematics and logic / edited by Stewart Shapiro.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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1 online resource (850 p.)

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Oxford handbooks in philosophy. [More in this series]
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This Oxford Handbook covers the current state of the art in the philosophy of math and logic in a comprehensive and accessible manner, giving the reader an overview of the major problems positions, and battle lines. Select major positions are represented by two chapters - one supportive and one critical.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • ""Contents""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""1. Philosophy of Mathematics and Its Logic: Introduction""; ""2. Apriority and Application: Philosophy of Mathematics in the Modern Period""; ""3. Later Empiricism and Logical Positivism""; ""4. Wittgenstein on Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics""; ""5. The Logicism of Frege, Dedekind, and Russell""; ""6. Logicism in the Twenty-first Century""; ""7. Logicism Reconsidered""; ""8. Formalism""; ""9. Intuitionism and Philosophy""; ""10. Intuitionism in Mathematics""; ""11. Intuitionism Reconsidered""; ""12. Quine and the Web of Belief""
  • ""13. Three Forms of Naturalism""""14. Naturalism Reconsidered""; ""15. Nominalism""; ""16. Nominalism Reconsidered""; ""17. Structuralism""; ""18. Structuralism Reconsidered""; ""19. Predicativity""; ""20. Mathematicsâ€?Application and Applicability""; ""21. Logical Consequence, Proof Theory, and Model Theory""; ""22. Logical Consequence From a Constructivist Point of View""; ""23. Relevance in Reasoning""; ""24. No Requirement of Relevance""; ""25. Higher-order Logic""; ""26. Higher-order Logic Reconsidered""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""
  • ""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Other title(s)
Philosophy of mathematics and logic
ISBN
  • 1-280-55882-2
  • 9781423720083
  • 9786610558827
  • 0-19-803399-0
  • 1-4237-2008-3
OCLC
  • 922952666
  • 58727941
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