Mathematics and Mind

Mathematics and Mind

by Alexander George
ISBN-10:
0195079299
ISBN-13:
9780195079296
Pub. Date:
09/08/1994
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195079299
ISBN-13:
9780195079296
Pub. Date:
09/08/1994
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Mathematics and Mind

Mathematics and Mind

by Alexander George

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Overview

Those inquiring into the nature of mind have long been interested in the foundations of mathematics, and conversely this branch of knowledge is distinctive in that our access to it is purely through thought. A better understanding of mathematical thought should clarify the conceptual foundations of mathematics, and a deeper grasp of the latter should in turn illuminate the powers of mind through which mathematics is made available to us. The link between conceptions of mind and of mathematics has been a central theme running through the great competing philosophies of mathematics of the twentieth century, though each has refashioned the connection and its import in distinctive ways. The present collection will be of interest to students of both mathematics and of mind. Contents include: "Introduction" by Alexander George; "What is Mathematics About?" by Michael Dummett; "The Advantages of Honest Toil over Theft" by George Boolos; "The Law of Excluded Middle and the Axiom of Choice" by W.W. Tait; "Mechanical Procedures and Mathematical Experience" by Wilfried Sieg; "Mathematical Intuition and Objectivity" by Daniel Isaacson; "Intuition and Number" by Charles Parsons; and "Hilbert's Axiomatic Method and the Laws of Thought" by Michael Hallett.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195079296
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 09/08/1994
Series: Logic and Computation in Philosophy
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.25(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.86(d)

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