Lakatos and the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics:

The Element begins by claiming that Imre Lakatos (1922-74) in his famous paper 'Proofs and Refutations' (1963-64) was the first to introduce the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics. Section 2 gives a detailed analysis of Lakatos' ideas on the philosophy of mathematics. La...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillies, Donald 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Series:Cambridge elements
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-12
DE-634
DE-92
DE-473
Volltext
Summary:The Element begins by claiming that Imre Lakatos (1922-74) in his famous paper 'Proofs and Refutations' (1963-64) was the first to introduce the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics. Section 2 gives a detailed analysis of Lakatos' ideas on the philosophy of mathematics. Lakatos died at the age of only 51, and at the time of this death had plans to continue his work on philosophy of mathematics which were never carried out. However, Lakatos' historical approach to philosophy of mathematics was taken up by other researchers in the field, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Element give an account of how they developed this approach. Then Section 5 gives an overview of what has been achieved so far by the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics and considers what its prospects for the future might be
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (60 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9781009430609
DOI:10.1017/9781009430609

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text