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Wittgenstein, finitism, and the foundations of mathematics /

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This is a careful, historically informed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics, tracing the work development of his thinking from the 1920s through to the 1950s, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the times.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marion, Mathieu, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Oxford philosophical monographs.
Subjects:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
History & Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS.
Logic.
PHILOSOPHY.
History & Surveys.
Mathematics > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a careful, historically informed study of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics, tracing the work development of his thinking from the 1920s through to the 1950s, in the context of the mathematical and philosophical work of the times.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 260 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index.
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