Hilbert's Program: An Essay on Mathematical Instrumentalism

By M. Detlefsen

Book Overview

Hilbert's Program was founded on a concern for the phenomenon of paradox in mathematics. To Hilbert, the paradoxes, which are at once both absurd and irresistible, revealed a deep philosophical truth:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027721513
• ISBN13: 9789027721518
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"