Author
- Kline, Morris 1908-1992.
Published
- New York : Oxford University Press 1980
Physical description
366 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 019502754X
- 9780195027549
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.
Contents
- The genesis of mathematical truths -- The flowering of mathematical truths -- The mathematization of science -- The first debacle : the withering of truth -- The illogical development of a logical subject -- The illogical development : the morass of analysis -- The illogical development : the predicament circa 1800 -- The illogical development : at the gates of paradise -- Paradise barred : a new crisis of reason -- Logicism versus intuitionism -- The formalist and set-theoretic foundations -- Disasters -- The isolation of mathematics -- Wither mathematics? -- The authority of nature.
Subject
Related item
- Online version:: Kline, Morris, 1908-1992. Mathematics, the loss of certainty. New York : Oxford University Press, 1980
Genre
- Bibliography
- History.
- text
Language
- English
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Table of contents: http://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht002757972.pdf
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