Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings
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Table of Contents
| Preface to the second edition | |
| Introduction | |
| Part I. The Foundations of Mathematics: 1. The logicist foundations of mathematics Rudolf Carnap | |
| 2. The intuitionist foundations of mathematics Arend Heyting | |
| 3. The formalist foundations of mathematics Johann von Neumann | |
| 4. Disputation Arend Heyting | |
| 5. Intuitionism and formalism L. E. J. Brouwer | |
| 6. Consciousness, philosophy, and mathematics L. E. J. Brouwer | |
| 7. The philosophical basis of intuitionistic logic Michael Dummett | |
| 8. The concept of number Gottlob Frege | |
| 9. Selections from Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Bertrand Russell | |
| 10. On the infinite David Hilbert | |
| 11. Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics Haskell B. Curry | |
| 12. Hilbert's programme Georg Kreisel | |
| Part II. The Existence of Mathematical Objects: 13. Empiricism, semantics, and ontology Rudolf Carnap | |
| 14. On Platonism in mathematics Paul Bernays | |
| 15. What numbers could not be Paul Benacerraf | |
| 16. Mathematics without foundations Hilary Putnam | |
| Part III. Mathematical Truth: 17. The a priori Alfred Jules Ayer | |
| 18. Truth by convention W. V. Quine | |
| 19. On the nature of mathematical truth Carl G. Hempel | |
| 20. On the nature of mathematical reasoning Henri Poincaré | |
| 21. Mathematical truth Paul Benacerraf | |
| 22. Models and reality Hilary Putnam | |
| Part IV. The Concept of Set: 23. Russell's mathematical logic Kurt Gö | |
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| 24. What in Cantor's continuum problem? Kurt Gö | |
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| 25. The iterative concept of set George Boolos | |
| 26. The concept of set Hao Wang | |
| Bibliography. |
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