Philosophy of Mathematics

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PhilosophyofMathematicsSyllabus2006

Lecture Notes

FirstDayPhilosophyofMathematics
CarnapandQuine
IntroductionandPeano
DedekindHusserl
CantorRealandCountingNumbers
FregesTheoryofNumbers
DummettonFrege
RussellonClasses
ParadoxesCompletenessandSkolem
HilbertsIdealElements
GodelsIncompletenessTheorems
WhatNumbersCouldNotBe
NeoFregeanism
FregeanAbstraction
FieldsNominalism
FinalNonAnswer

-- ShaughanLavine - 31 Jul 2006