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Philosophies of Mathematics

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This book provides an accessible, critical introduction to the three main approaches that dominated work in the philosophy of mathematics during the twentieth century: logicism, intuitionism and formalism.

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2001

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October 6, 2014
در فلسفه ى رياضى سه مكتب اساسى در قرن اخير رشد كردن و هركدوم با شروع از پيش فرض هاى فلسفى متفاوت درباره ى ماهيت رياضيات؛ به عبارت ديگه جواب هاى مختلف براى سوال هايى از قبيل چيستى اعداد و گزاره هاى رياضى و احكام وجودشناختى مرتبط با اونها و رابطه ى رياضيات بر جهان واقعى، روايت هاى گوناگون و سرشار از شباهتها و تفاوتهاى جالب توجه و آموزنده براى فلسفه هاى احتمالى بعدى ارائه داده اند. واقع گرايى يا پلاتونيسم، شهودگرايى و محدود گرايى (فينيتيسم) توى اين كتاب به تفصيل با تكيه و تأكيد بر ماهيت نظام مند و ويژگيهاى ساختي هر كدوم از اين سازمان ها توصيف و تشريح و مقايسه مي شن، و بين تمام كتابهايى كه ممكنه پيدا شه، اين كتاب از لحاظ كامل بودن؛ در عين حال مناسب براى خواننده ى نا آشنا، و توصيف قدرتمند و منظم و طرح و درگير كردن مخاطب به بهترين نحو با موضوع، از بهترين انتخاب هاى ممكنه.
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January 23, 2012
Very hard to read, especially after I realized I need more than basic knowledge of mathematical logic. While I have a rough picture of what logicism, intuitionism, set theoretic approaches and formalism are, they are not sufficient to understand things like second order predicate logic and stuffs.

I hope I get to re-read this again with more knowledge equipped in future.
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Tried re-reading it. Actually more accessible than I thought, though certainly good background in the topic significantly helps. Without them, one can at least get a gist/taste of it.
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