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Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy
William Demopoulos
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hardcover. These essays apply the core conceptual innovation underlying Frege's theory of number to the general analysis of theoretical knowledge. Num Pages: 281 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550. 281 pages, 2 b/w illus. These essays apply the core conceptual innovation underlying Frege's theory of number to the general analysis of theoretical knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBB. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight: 550.
The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject - Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap - and in doing so ... Read more
The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject - Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap - and in doing so ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107029804
SKU
V9781107029804
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99-18
About William Demopoulos
William Demopoulos is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. He has edited many volumes on foundational and philosophical issues arising in the sciences, including Physical Theory and its Interpretation (with Itamar Pitowsky, 2006) and Frege's Philosophy of Mathematics (1995).
Reviews for Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy
'As a philosophy major at the University of Western Ontario in 1995 I was fortunate enough to enroll in Demopoulos' history of analytic philosophy class … The essays in this volume preserve the intensity and commitment to rigorous argumentation that I first encountered in that class twenty years ago. … I look forward to Demopoulos' next contribution to these important ... Read more