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Burt C. Hopkins - The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics. Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein.  - 9780253356710 - V9780253356710
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The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics. Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein.

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Description for The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics. Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein. Hardcover. Discusses the logic of modern symbolic mathematics Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 954.

Burt C. Hopkins presents the first in-depth study of the work of Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein on the philosophical foundations of the logic of modern symbolic mathematics. Accounts of the philosophical origins of formalized concepts—especially mathematical concepts and the process of mathematical abstraction that generates them—have been paramount to the development of phenomenology. Both Husserl and Klein independently concluded that it is impossible to separate the historical origin of the thought that generates the basic concepts of mathematics from their philosophical meanings. Hopkins explores how Husserl and Klein arrived at their conclusion and its philosophical implications for the modern ... Read more

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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253356710
SKU
V9780253356710
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About Burt C. Hopkins
Burt C. Hopkins is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He is author of Intentionality in Husserl and Heidegger and The Philosophy of Husserl. He is founding editor (with Steven G. Crowell) of The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy and is permanent secretary of the Husserl Circle.

Reviews for The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics. Edmund Husserl and Jacob Klein.
The Origin of the Logic of Symbolic Mathematics initiates a radical clarification of François Vieta's 17th century mathematical introduction of the formal-symbolic, which marks the revolution that made and continues to make possible modern mathematics and logic. Through a philosophically subtle, clarifying, and exacting elaboration of Jacob Klein's Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra, Hopkins reveals flaws (and ... Read more

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