Wittgenstein and the turning-point in the philosophy of mathematics
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Wittgenstein and the turning-point in the philosophy of mathematics
(Routledge library editions, . Wittgenstein ; 8)
Routledge, 2010
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Croom Helm, 1987
Bibliography: p. 342-353
Includes index
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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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