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In the Light of Logic.
Title:
In the Light of Logic.
Author:
Feferman, Solomon.
ISBN:
9780195359831
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Series:
Logic and Computation in Philosophy
Contents:
Contents -- I: FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEMS -- 1 Deciding the undecidable: Wrestling with Hilbert's problems -- 2 Infinity in mathematics: Is Cantor necessary? -- II: FOUNDATIONAL WAYS -- 3 The logic of mathematical discovery versus the logical structure of mathematics -- 4 Foundational ways -- 5 Working foundations -- III: GÖDEL -- 6 Gödel's life and work -- 7 Kurt Gödel: Conviction and caution -- 8 Introductory note to Gödel's 1933 lecture -- IV: PROOF THEORY -- 9 What does logic have to tell us about mathematical proofs? -- 10 What rests on what? The proof-theoretic analysis of mathematics -- 11 Gödel's Dialectica interpretation and its two-way stretch -- V: COUNTABLY REDUCIBLE MATHEMATICS -- 12 Infinity in mathematics: Is Cantor necessary? (Conclusion) -- 13 Weyl vindicated: Das Kontinuum seventy years later -- 14 Why a little bit goes a long way: Logical foundations of scientifically applicable mathematics -- Symbols -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
I: Foundational Problems 1. Deciding the undecidable: Wrestling with Hilbert's Problems2. Infinity in mathematics: Is Cantor necessary?II: Foundational Ways 3. The logic of mathematical discovery vs. the logical structure of mathematics4. Foundational Ways5. Working FoundationsIII: Godel 6. Godel's life and work7. Kurt Godel: conviction and caution8. Introductory note to Godel's 1933 lectureIV: Proof Theory 9. What does logic have to tell us about mathematical proofs?10. What rests on what? The proof-theoretic analysis of mathematics11. Godel's Dialectica interpretation and its two-way stretchV: Countably Reducible Mathematics 12. Infinity in mathematics: Is Cantor necessary? (Conclusion)13. Weyl vindicated: Das Kontinuum 70 years later14. Why a little bit goes a long way: Logical Foundations of scientifically applicable mathematics.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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