After Gödel : Platonism and rationalism in mathematics and logic /

Tieszen analyzes, develops, and defends the writings of Kurt Gödel on the philosophy and foundations of mathematics and logic. Gödel's relation to the work of Plato, Leibniz, Kant, and Husserl is examined, and a new type of platonic rationalism that requires rational intuition, called 'con...

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Main Author:	Tieszen, Richard L., 1951-2017 (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Gödel, Kurt. Gödel, Kurt Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. Logique symbolique et mathématique. MATHEMATICS > Infinity. MATHEMATICS > Logic. Mathematics. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Electronic books. Electronic resource.
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Summary:	Tieszen analyzes, develops, and defends the writings of Kurt Gödel on the philosophy and foundations of mathematics and logic. Gödel's relation to the work of Plato, Leibniz, Kant, and Husserl is examined, and a new type of platonic rationalism that requires rational intuition, called 'constituted platonism', is proposed.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 245 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191619311 0191619310 9780191725500 0191725501 0199680612 9780199680610 1283265567 9781283265560 9786613265562 661326556X