Lakatos' Philosophy of Mathematics: A Historical Approach - Couverture rigide

Koetsier, T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444889442 ISBN 13 : 9780444889447

Editeur : North-Holland, 1991

Synopsis

In this book, which is both a philosophical and historiographical study, the author investigates the fallibility and the rationality of mathematics by means of rational reconstructions of developments in mathematics. The initial chapters are devoted to a critical discussion of Lakatos' philosophy of mathematics. In the remaining chapters several episodes in the history of mathematics are discussed, such as the appearance of deduction in Greek mathematics and the transition from Eighteenth-Century to Nineteenth-Century analysis. The author aims at developing a notion of mathematical rationality that agrees with the historical facts. A modified version of Lakatos' methodology is proposed. The resulting constructions show that mathematical knowledge is fallible, but that its fallibility is remarkably weak.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: North-Holland
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444889442
• ISBN 13: 9780444889447
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible