Parsons, Charles,  1933- <br/><br/>
Philosophy of mathematics in the twentieth century :  selected essays / 
Charles Parsons. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 350 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Frontmatter --  CONTENTS --  PREFACE --  INTRODUCTION --  1 THE KANTIAN LEGACY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS --  2 REALISM AND THE DEBATE ON IMPREDICATIVITY, 1917-1944 --  POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 2 --  3 PAUL BERNAYS'LATER PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS --  4 KURT GODEL --  5 GODEL'S "RUSSELL'S MATHEMATICAL LOGIC" --  6 QUINE AND GODEL ON ANALYTICITY --  POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 6 --  7 PLATONISM AND MATHEMATICAL INTUITION IN KURT GODEL'S THOUGHT --  POST SCRIPT TO ESSAY 7 --  8 QUINE'S NOMINALISM --  9 GENETIC EXPLANATION IN THE ROOTS OF REFERENCE --  10 HAO WANG AS PHILOSOPHER AND INTERPRETER OF GODEL --  11 PUTNAM ON EXISTENCE AND ONTOLOGY --  12 WILLIAM TAIT'S PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS --  BIBLIOGRAPHY --  COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --  INDEX. 
<br/><br/> In this illuminating collection, Charles Parsons surveys the contributions of philosophers and mathematicians who shaped the philosophy of mathematics over the course of the past century. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674419490 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Philosophy.<br/>Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA9  / .P455 2014