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Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real
Albert Lautman
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Description for Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real
Hardback. Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. This title collects the work of Lautman. It offers readers an insight into his influence on the development of mathematics and philosophy. Translator(s): Duffy, Simon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
This is the first English collection of the work of Albert Lautman, a major figure in philosophy of mathematics and a key influence on Badiou and Deleuze. Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. His ideas have had an enormous influence on key contemporary thinkers including Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou, for whom he is a major touchstone in the development of their own engagements with mathematics. "Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real" presents the first English translation of Lautman's published works between 1933 and ... Read more
This is the first English collection of the work of Albert Lautman, a major figure in philosophy of mathematics and a key influence on Badiou and Deleuze. Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. His ideas have had an enormous influence on key contemporary thinkers including Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou, for whom he is a major touchstone in the development of their own engagements with mathematics. "Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real" presents the first English translation of Lautman's published works between 1933 and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441146564
SKU
V9781441146564
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About Albert Lautman
Simon Duffy is a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of The Logic of Expression: Quality, Quantity and Intensity in Spinoza, Hegel and Deleuze (Ashgate, 2006) and editor of Virtual Mathematics: The Logic of Difference (Clinamen Press, 2006). Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French mathematical philosopher. An escaped prisoner-of-war, he was killed ... Read more
Reviews for Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real
Reading Lautman can help us enrich our picture of the development of the field and take into consideration an option quite different from the received view.
Notre Dame Philosophical Review
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