Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert Clark
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Weight: 4.048kg
ISBN: 9783319639901
ISBN 10: 3319639900
Pages: 215
Publication Date: 23 November 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
“It is written using concise and clear language, with interesting mathematical examples and with an effort to make the polemics that are engaged in the book as clear as possible. There is a clear route leading one from the formulation of the problem to the final solution, and the reader is led from chapter to chapter to form an overview of the problem and the ingredients for its solution” (Jonas Rafael Becker Arenhart, Mathematical reviews, September, 2018)
It is written using concise and clear language, with interesting mathematical examples and with an effort to make the polemics that are engaged in the book as clear as possible. There is a clear route leading one from the formulation of the problem to the final solution, and the reader is led from chapter to chapter to form an overview of the problem and the ingredients for its solution (Jonas Rafael Becker Arenhart, Mathematical reviews, September, 2018)
Author Information
Bob Clark studied maths at Oxford University, UK, and philosophy at the Open University, KCL, and York. He taught maths in Kenya, California, Leeds and Brussels, and philosophy in Brussels and at York. Addicted to teaching though retired from paid work, he still teaches a regular small ad hoc adult seminar in philosophy.
