Sean Morris

Quine, New Foundations, and the Philosophy of Set Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book places Quine's set theory, New Foundations, within its general philosophical and historical context and shows its relation to his other work and its continuing relevance to philosophy. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in Quine and in logic more generally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 188mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781107152502
• ISBN-10: 110715250X
• Artikelnr.: 52528616

Autorenporträt

Sean Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has written extensively on Quine and the history of analytic philosophy with a particular emphasis on Quine's work in the foundations of mathematics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I: 1. Cantor and the early development of set theory
2. Cantor, Russell, and Zermelo and the set-theoretic paradoxes
3. NF and the beginnings of Quine's philosophy of set theory
Part II: 4. Quine's philosophy of set theory
5. Clarifying our conceptual scheme: set theory and the role of explication
Part III: 6. The iterative conception and set theory
7. NF, the axiom of choice, and arithmetic
Bibliography
Index.