Foundations Without Foundationalism

Foundations Without Foundationalism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780198533917
ISBN-13 : 0198533918
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Download or read book Foundations Without Foundationalism written by Stewart Shapiro and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991-09-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stewart Shapiro presents a distinctive original view of the foundations of mathematics, arguing that second-order logic has a central role to play in laying these foundations.


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