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For several terms at Cambridge in 1939, Ludwig Wittgenstein lectured on the philosophical foundations of mathematics. A lecture class taught by Wittgenstein, however, hardly resembled a lecture. He sat on a chair in the middle of the room, with some of the class sitting in chairs, some on the floor. He never used notes. He paused frequently, sometimes for several minutes, while he puzzled out a problem. He often asked his listeners questions and reacted to their replies. Many meetings were largely conversation. These lectures were attended by, among others, D. A. T. Gasking, J. N. Findlay, Stephen Toulmin, Alan Turing, G. H. von Wright, R. G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees, and Yorick Smythies. Notes taken by these last four are the basis for the thirty-one lectures in this book. The lectures covered such topics as the nature of mathematics, the distinctions between mathematical and everyday languages, the truth of mathematical propositions, consistency and contradiction in formal systems, the logicism of Frege and Russell, Platonism, identity, negation, and necessary truth. The mathematical examples used are nearly always elementary.
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For several terms at Cambridge in 1939, Ludwig Wittgenstein lectured on the philosophical foundations of mathematics. A lecture class taught by Wittgenstein, however, hardly resembled a lecture.
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Cora Diamond is professor of philosophy at the University of Virginia.
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- PublisherBranch Line
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 085527039X
- ISBN 13 9780855270391
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
- EditorDiamond Cora
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Wittgenstein's Lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics, Cambridge, 1939 : From the Notes of R.G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees and Yorick Smythies
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Wittgenstein - Sources and Perspectives. [Contributors Include Pascal, Wright, Janik, Pears, Hacker, and Others]. Harvester Press. 1979. [Paperback] WITTGENSTEIN LUCKHARDT, C. G. , Ed.
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WITTGENSTEIN'S LECTURES ON THE FOUNDATION OF MATHEMATICS, CAMBRIDGE 1939
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st UK.ed. Brown cloth with black sp. lettering. 300 pp. + pub. colophon; marred only by tanning spots mostly in this strip down centre of fore-edge and more widely to top. This U.K. edition seems to very scarce, though was printed in the U.S. I spotted that at one point at least he addresses Turing as an attendee. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Seller Inventory # 013985
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