Wittgenstein, Mathematics And World (history Of Analytic Philosophy)
by Bob Clark /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book uses Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical methodology to
solve a problem that has perplexed thinkers for thousands of
years: 'how come (abstract) mathematics applies so wonderfully
well to the (concrete, physical) world?' The book is
distinctive in several ways. First, it gives the reader a route
into understanding important features of Wittgenstein’s writings
and lectures by using his methodology to tackle this
long-standing and seemingly intractable philosophical problem.
More than this, though, it offers an outline of important
(sometimes little-known) aspects of the development of
mathematical thought through the ages, and an engagement of
Wittgenstein’s philosophy with this and with contemporary
philosophy of mathematics on its own terms. A clear overview of
all this in the context of Wittgenstein’s philosophy of
mathematics is interesting in its own right; it is also just
what is needed to solve the problem of mathematics and world.
This book uses Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical methodology to
solve a problem that has perplexed thinkers for thousands of
years: 'how come (abstract) mathematics applies so wonderfully
well to the (concrete, physical) world?' The book is
distinctive in several ways. First, it gives the reader a route
into understanding important features of Wittgenstein’s writings
and lectures by using his methodology to tackle this
long-standing and seemingly intractable philosophical problem.
More than this, though, it offers an outline of important
(sometimes little-known) aspects of the development of
mathematical thought through the ages, and an engagement of
Wittgenstein’s philosophy with this and with contemporary
philosophy of mathematics on its own terms. A clear overview of
all this in the context of Wittgenstein’s philosophy of
mathematics is interesting in its own right; it is also just
what is needed to solve the problem of mathematics and world.
