Hilbert’s Program An Essay on Mathematical Instrumentalism

Hilbert’s Program An Essay on Mathematical Instrumentalism / by M. Detlefsen.

Hilbert's Program was founded on a concern for the phenomenon of paradox in mathematics. To Hilbert, the paradoxes, which are at once both absurd and irresistible, revealed a deep philosophical truth: namely, that there is a discrepancy between the laws accord­ ing to which the mind of homo mat...

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Main Author: Detlefsen, M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edition:1st ed. 1986.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 182
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Subjects:
Logic.
Mathematics.
History.
Mathematical logic.
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