The Provenance of Pure Reason Essays in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Its History |
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| Author:
| Tait, William |
| Series title: | Logic and Computation in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-514192-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $209.09AUD $295.00 |
Book Description:
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William Tait is one of the most distinguished philosophers of mathematics of the last fifty years. This volume collects his most important published philosophical papers from the 1980's to the present. The articles cover a wide range of issues in the foundations and philosophy of mathematics, including some on historical figures ranging from Plato to Gödel.
William Tait is one of the most distinguished philosophers of mathematics of the last fifty years. This volume collects his most important published philosophical papers from the 1980's to the present. The articles cover a wide range of issues in the foundations and philosophy of mathematics, including some on historical figures ranging from Plato to Gödel.