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Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings - Benacerraf, Paul, and Putnam, Hilary, and Benacerraf, Hilary (Editor)
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The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox (Russell's Paradox), a challenge to 'classical' mathematics from a world-famous mathematician (the 'mathematical intuitionism' of Brouwer), a new foundational school (Hilbert's Formalism), and the profound incompleteness results of Kurt G�del. In the same period, the cross-fertilization of mathematics and philosophy resulted in a new sort of 'mathematical philosophy', associated most notably ...

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Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings 1984, Cambridge University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780521296489

2nd Revised edition

Trade paperback

Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings 1964, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780631083405

Hardcover