The Search for Certainty: A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics

by Marcus Giaquinto

Overview

Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of the most original and influential work in logic and philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198752455
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	07/29/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Setting
2. The Class Paradoxes and Early Responses
3. The Language Paradoxes and Principia Mathematica
4. Axiomatic Set Theory and Hilbert's Programme
5. Gödel's Underivability Theorems
6. Aftermath
Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

"The Search for Certainty is a superb synoptic account of the intense and fruitful work that went into clarifying the foundations of mathematics...It fills the gap in the literature that Giaquinto reports to have noticed when a student of logic, and it does so in an excellent manner." — The Review of Modern Logic

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