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Hilbert's Program
Michael Detlefsen
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Description for Hilbert's Program
Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
Hilbert's Program was founded on a concern for the phenomenon of paradox in mathematics. To Hilbert, the paradoxes, which are at once both absurd and irresistible, revealed a deep philosophical truth: namely, that there is a discrepancy between the laws accord ing to which the mind of homo mathematicus works, and the laws governing objective mathematical fact. Mathematical epistemology is, therefore, to be seen as a struggle between a mind that naturally works in one way and a reality that works in another. Knowledge occurs when the two cooperate. Conceived in this way, there are two basic alternatives for mathematical ... Read more
Hilbert's Program was founded on a concern for the phenomenon of paradox in mathematics. To Hilbert, the paradoxes, which are at once both absurd and irresistible, revealed a deep philosophical truth: namely, that there is a discrepancy between the laws accord ing to which the mind of homo mathematicus works, and the laws governing objective mathematical fact. Mathematical epistemology is, therefore, to be seen as a struggle between a mind that naturally works in one way and a reality that works in another. Knowledge occurs when the two cooperate. Conceived in this way, there are two basic alternatives for mathematical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048184200
SKU
V9789048184200
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Reviews for Hilbert's Program
`The book is well written and recommended reading for everyone interested in the philosophical dimensions of technical results from foundations of mathematics and pure logic.' S. Gottwald, Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete, Vol. 641.