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Author Murawski, Roman, author.

Title The philosophy of mathematics and logic in the 1920s and 1930s in Poland / Roman Murawski ; translated from Polish by Maria Kantor
Published Basel : Birkhäuser, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Science networks. Historical studies ; volume 48
Science networks historical studies ; v. 48.
Contents Introduction -- Predecessors -- The Polish School of Mathematics -- Lvov-Warsaw School of Philosophy -- Benedykt Bornstein -- Cracow Centre -- Conclusion -- Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names
Summary The aim of this book is to present and analyze philosophical conceptions concerning mathematics and logic as formulated by Polish logicians, mathematicians and philosophers in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a remarkable period in the history of Polish science, in particular in the history of Polish logic and mathematics. Therefore, it is justified to ask whether and to what extent the development of logic and mathematics was accompanied by a philosophical reflection. We try to answer those questions by analyzing both works of Polish logicians and mathematicians who have a philosophical temperament as well as their research practice. Works and philosophical views of the following Polish scientists will be analyzed: Wacław Sierpiński, Zygmunt Janiszewski, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Stefan Banach Hugo Steinhaus, Eustachy Żylińsk and Leon Chwistek, Jan Łukasiewicz, Zygmunt Zawirski, Stanisław Leśniewski, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Alfred Tarski, Andrzej Mostowski and Henryk Mehlberg, Jan Sleszyński, Stanisław Zaremba and Witold Wilkosz. To indicate the background of scientists being active in the 1920s and 1930s we consider in Chapter 1 some predecessors, in particular: Jan Śniadecki, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Samuel Dickstein and Edward Stamm
Analysis wiskunde
mathematics
geschiedenis
history
filosofie
philosophy
logica
logic
Mathematics (General)
Wiskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 5, 2014)
Subject Mathematics -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Logic -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Mathematics -- Philosophy.
Logic.
MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
Logic
Mathematics
Mathematics -- Philosophy
Poland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kantor, Maria, translator
ISBN 9783034808316
3034808313
9783034808309
3034808305
1322133549
9781322133546