Description
| Summary: | "The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject -- Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap -- and in doing so illuminate current concerns about the nature of mathematical and theoretical knowledge. Issues addressed include the nature of arithmetical knowledge in the light of Frege's theorem; the status of realism about the theoretical entities of physics; and the proper interpretation of empirical theories that postulate abstract structural constraints."--Publisher's website
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781139625876
113962587X
9781139342605
1139342606
9781139616577
1139616579
9781139612852
1139612859
1139610996
9781139610995
1107237386
9781107237384
1139609211
9781139609210
1139622153
9781139622158 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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