This book uses Ludwig Wittgenstein¿s philosophical methodology to solve a problem that has perplexed thinkers for thousands of years: 'how come (abstract) mathematics applies so wonderfully well to the (concrete, physical) world?' The book is distinctive in several ways. First, it gives the reader a route into understanding important features of Wittgenstein¿s writings and lectures by using his methodology to tackle this long-standing and seemingly intractable philosophical problem. More than this, though, it offers an outline of important (sometimes little-known) aspects of the development of mathematical thought through the ages, and an engagement of Wittgenstein¿s philosophy with this and with contemporary philosophy of mathematics on its own terms. A clear overview of all this in the context of Wittgenstein¿s philosophy of mathematics is interesting in its own right; it is also just what is needed to solve the problem of mathematics and world.
Autorius: | Bob Clark |
Serija: | History of Analytic Philosophy |
Leidėjas: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
Išleidimo metai: | 2018 |
Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 232 |
ISBN-10: | 3319876929 |
ISBN-13: | 9783319876924 |
Formatas: | 210 x 148 x 13 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
Kalba: | Anglų |
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