num_pages: 204
description: This analyzes in depth such topics logical compulsion &amp; mathematical conviction; calculation as experiment; mathematical surprise, discovery, &amp; invention; Russell's logic, Godel's theorem, cantor's diagonal procedure, Dedekind's cuts; the nature of proof &amp; contradiction; &amp; the role of mathematical propositions in the forming of concepts.Translator's NoteEditors' PrefaceThe TextIndex
language: English
title: Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
titlecomplete: Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
genres: Mathematics, Logic, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science
ratings_count: 153
publisher: MIT Press