Foundations without foundationalism: a case for second-order logic
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Main Author: Shapiro, Stewart (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon Press c1991
Series:Oxford logic guides 17
Oxford science publications
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Terms and questions -- Foundationalism and foundations of mathematics -- Theory -- Metatheory -- Second-order logic and mathematics -- Advanced metatheory -- The historical "triumph" of first-order languages -- Second-order logic and rule-following -- The competition
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 277 p.)
ISBN:0198250290
0198533918
9780198533917

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