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:	9780198752448
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/10/2002
Pages:	298
Sales rank:	317,584
Product dimensions:	9.58(w) x 6.52(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

University College London

Table of Contents

1. Setting2. The Class Paradoxes and Early Responses3. The Language Paradoxes and Principia Mathematica4. Axiomatic Set Theory and Hilbert's Programme5. Gödel's Underivability Theorems6. AftermathBibliography, 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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