Description

• Title:
  A Wittgensteinian philosophy of mathematics
• Creator:
  Sayward, Charles
• Description:
  Three theses are gleaned from Wittgenstein’s writing. First, extra-mathematical uses of mathematical expressions are not referential uses. Second, the senses of the expressions of pure mathematics are to be found in their uses outside of mathematics. Third, mathematical truth is fixed by mathematical proof. These theses are defended. The philosophy of mathematics defined by the three theses is compared with realism, nominalism and formalism.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2017 Logic and Logical Philosophy
• Date:
  2005.12.23
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Logic and Logical Philosophy; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2005); 129-144;
  Logic and Logical Philosophy; Tom 14 Nr 2 (2005); 129-144;
  2300-9802;
  1425-3305
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/LLP/article/view/LLP.2005.010/1441
• Subject:
  Wittgenstein;
  Frege;
  realism;
  anti-realism;
  formalism;
  mathematics
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/LLP/article/view/LLP.2005.010
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text