Principia Mathematica Centenary

On the occasion of the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Principia Mathematica, this article aims to shed some light on Whitehead’s philosophy of mathematics, to differentiate Whitehead’s version of logicism Russell’s, and to show the unity of Whitehead’s thought. These aims rely W...

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Auteur principal: Desmet, Ronny (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: University of Illinois Press 2010
Dans: Process studies
Année: 2010, Volume: 39, Numéro: 2, Pages: 225-263
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Résumé:On the occasion of the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Principia Mathematica, this article aims to shed some light on Whitehead’s philosophy of mathematics, to differentiate Whitehead’s version of logicism Russell’s, and to show the unity of Whitehead’s thought. These aims rely Whitehead’s basic insight that mathematics is the study of pattern.
ISSN:2154-3682
Contient:Enthalten in: Process studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/44799051