Wittgenstein and the Turning Point in the Philosophy of Mathematics

by S.G. Shanker

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415382861
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/13/2005
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

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;