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Author Shapiro, Stewart, 1951-

Title Foundations without foundationalism : a case for second-order logic / Stewart Shapiro
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 277 pages)
Series Oxford logic guides ; 17
Oxford science publications
Oxford logic guides ; 17
Oxford science publications
Contents Terms and questions -- Foundationalism and foundations of mathematics -- Theory -- Metatheory -- Second-order logic and mathematics -- Advanced metatheory -- The historical "triumph" of first-order languages -- Second-order logic and rule-following -- The competition
Summary Stewart Shapiro presents a distinctive original view of the foundations of mathematics, arguing that second-order logic has a central role to play in laying these foundations
Analysis Mathematical foundations
Philosophy of mathematics
Logic and methodology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
MATHEMATICS -- Infinity.
MATHEMATICS -- Logic.
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
Wiskundige logica.
Logique symbolique et mathématique.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198533917
0198533918
9780198250296
0198250290