Much philosophy of logic is shaped, explicitly or implicitly, by the thought that logic is distinctively formal and abstracts from material content. The distinction between formal and …
S Awodey, EH Reck - History and Philosophy of Logic, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is the first in a two-part series in which we discuss several notions of completeness for systems of mathematical axioms, with special focus on their interrelations …
In Wittgenstein on Logic as the Method of Philosophy, Oskari Kuusela examines Wittgenstein's early and late philosophies of logic, situating their philosophical significance …
P Mancosu, R Zach, C Badesa - The development of modern …, 2009 - books.google.com
The two most important meetings in philosophy and mathematics in 1900 took place in Paris. The First International Congress of Philosophy met in August and so did, soon after …
Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was first and foremost a mathematician, but his major …
Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Michael Morris makes sense of …
In this paper I examine the question of logic's normative status in the light of Carnap's Principle of Tolerance. I begin by contrasting Carnap's conception of the normativity of logic …
This book advances a reading of Wittgenstein's Tractatus that moves beyond the main interpretative options of the New Wittgenstein debate. It covers Wittgenstein's approach to …