Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics - 9780415024839

Taylor & Francis

In Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Mathematics Frascolla views the three phases of Wittgenstein's reflections on mathematics as a progressive whole, rather than as seperate entities. > Wittgenstein's role was vital in establishing mathematics as one of this century's principal areas of philosophic inquiry. In this book, the three phases of Wittgenstein's reflections on mathematics are viewed as a progressive whole, rather than as separate entities. Frascolla builds up a systematic construction of Wittgenstein's representation of the role of arithmetic in the theory of logical operations. He also presents a new interpretation of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations - the `community view of internal relations'. > Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Arithmetic of the Tractatus; Chapter 2 Verificationism and Its Limits; Chapter 3 From Facts to Concepts; > \n'A welcome addition to the literature on Wittgenstein.' - Philosophia