Wittgenstein and the turning-point in the philosophy of mathematics

Author(s)

• Shanker, Stuart

Bibliographic Information

Wittgenstein and the turning-point in the philosophy of mathematics

S.G. Shanker

（Routledge library editions, . Wittgenstein ; 8）

Routledge, 2010

• : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1987

Bibliography: p. 342-353

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 2005. This study seeks to identify the specific mistakes that critics were alluding to in their passing asides on Wittgenstein's failure to grasp the mechanics of Godel's second incompleteness theorem. It also includes an understanding of his attack on meta-mathematics and Hilbert's Programme.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Wittgenstein's Turning-Point
• Chapter 2 The Strains in the Realist/Anti-Realist Framework
• Chapter 3 The Nature of Proof
• Chapter 4 Surveyability
• Chapter 5 The Perils of Prose
• Chapter 6 Consistency
• Chapter 7 The Recovery of Certainty
• Chapter 8 Freedom and Necessity

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Details

• NCID: BB04436213
• ISBN:
  • 9780415607551
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 358 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA8.4
  • DC19 : 510/.1
  • NDC8 : 134.97
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62797390