Between Logic and Intuition: Essays in Honor of Charles Parsons

Book Overview

This collection of new essays offers a state-of-the-art conspectus of major trends in the philosophy of logic and philosophy of mathematics. A distinguished group of philosophers addresses issues at the center of contemporary debate: semantic and set-theoretic paradoxes, the set/class distinction, foundations of set theory, mathematical intuition and many others. The volume includes Hilary Putnam's 1995 Alfred Tarski lectures published here for the first time. The essays are presented to honor the work of Charles Parsons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521038251
• ISBN13: 9780521038256
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"