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1 online resource (343 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities,
0303-8157 ;
v. 98
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 98.
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| Note |
A collection of previously published essays; those originally written in Polish have been translated into English for this publication. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Cantor's philosophy of set theory -- Leibniz's and Kant's philosophical ideas vs. Hilbert's program -- Truth vs. provability : philosophical and historical remarks -- Philosophy of mathematics in the 20th Century : main trends and doctrines -- On new trends in the philosophy of mathematics -- Remarks on the structuralistic epistemology of mathematics / with Izabela Bondecka-Krzykowska -- From the history of the concept of number / with Thomas Bedürftig -- Church's thesis and Its epistemological status -- Phenomenology and philosophy of mathematics -- Hoene-Wroński : genius or madman? -- Grassmann's contribution to mathematics -- Giuseppe Peano and symbolic logic -- E.L. Post and the development of logic -- John von Neumann and Hilbert's school -- Contribution of Polish logicians to decidability theory -- Contribution of Polish logicians to predicate calculus -- The English algebra of logic in the 19th century -- The development of symbolism in logic and its philosophical background / with Thomas Bedürftig. |
| Summary |
The book is a collection of the author's selected works in the philosophy and history of logic and mathematics. Papers in Part I include both general surveys of contemporary philosophy of mathematics as well as studies devoted to specialized topics, like. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cantor, Georg, 1845-1918. |
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Hilbert, David, 1862-1943. |
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Hoene-Wroński, Józef Maria, 1776-1853. |
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy. |
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Logic -- History.
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Logic. |
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History. |
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Mathematics -- History.
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Mathematics. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books -- Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murawski, Roman. Essays in the philosophy and history of logic and mathematics. Amsterdam [etc.] : Rodopi, 2010 9789042030909 |
| ISBN |
9789042030916 (e-book) |
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9042030917 (e-book) |
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9789042030909 |
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9042030909 |
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