Science Networks. Historical Studies: The Reception of Brouwer’s Intuitionism in the 1920s

Hesseling, Dennis E.

The significance of foundational debate in mathematics that took place in the 1920s seems to have been recognized only in circles of mathematicians and philosophers. A period in the history of mathematics when mathematics and philosophy, usually so far away from each other, seemed to meet. The foundational debate is presented with all its brilliant contributions and its shortcomings, its new ideas and its misunderstandings.

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Published by: Birkhäuser

Publication Date: 2012-10-30

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783034893947

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7989-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 448