Logicism, as put forward by Bertrand Russell, was predicated on a belief that all of mathematics can be deduced from a very small number of fundamental logical principles. In <i>Logicism Renewed</i>, the author revisits this concept in light of advances in mathematical logic and the need for languag
Logicism renewed: Logical foundations for mathematics and computer science
β Scribed by Gilmore, Paul Carl
- Publisher
- A K Peters, Association for Symbolic Logic
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Series
- Springer Lecture notes in logic 23
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Ch. 1. Elementary logic --
Ch. 2. Type theory --
Ch. 3. An intensional type theory --
Ch. 4. Recursions --
Ch. 5. Choice and function terms --
Ch. 6. Intuitionist logic --
Ch. 7. Logic and mathematics --
Ch. 8. Logic and computer science.
β¦ Subjects
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.;Mathematische Logik.
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