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Intuition and the Axiomatic Method: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, cartea 70

Editat de Emily Carson, Renate Huber
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 ian 2006
Following developments in modern geometry, logic and physics, many scientists and philosophers in the modern era considered Kant’s theory of intuition to be obsolete. But this only represents one side of the story concerning Kant, intuition and twentieth century science. Several prominent mathematicians and physicists were convinced that the formal tools of modern logic, set theory and the axiomatic method are not sufficient for providing mathematics and physics with satisfactory foundations. All of Hilbert, Gödel, Poincaré, Weyl and Bohr thought that intuition was an indispensable element in describing the foundations of science. They had very different reasons for thinking this, and they had very different accounts of what they called intuition. But they had in common that their views of mathematics and physics were significantly influenced by their readings of Kant. In the present volume, various views of intuition and the axiomatic method are explored, beginning with Kant’s own approach. By way of these investigations, we hope to understand better the rationale behind Kant’s theory of intuition, as well as to grasp many facets of the relations between theories of intuition and the axiomatic method, dealing with both their strengths and limitations; in short, the volume covers logical and non-logical, historical and systematic issues in both mathematics and physics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781402040399
ISBN-10: 1402040393
Pagini: 340
Ilustrații: XIV, 324 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:2006
Editura: SPRINGER NETHERLANDS
Colecția Springer
Seria The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

Locul publicării:Dordrecht, Netherlands

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Cuprins

Mathematical Aspects.- Locke and Kant on Mathematical Knowledge.- The View from 1763: Kant on the Arithmetical Method Before Intuition.- The Relation of Logic and Intuition in Kant’S Philosophy of Science, Particularly Geometry.- Edmund Husserl on the Applicability of Formal Geometry.- The Neo-Fregean Program in the Philosophy of Arithmetic.- Gödel, Realism and Mathematical ‘Intuition’.- Intuition, Objectivity and Structure.- Physical Aspects.- Intuition and Cosmology: The Puzzle of Incongruent Counterparts.- Conventionalism and Modern Physics: A Re-Assessment.- Intuition and the Axiomatic Method in Hilbert’s Foundation of Physics.- Soft Axiomatisation: John von Neumann on Method and von Neumann’s Method in the Physical Sciences.- The Intuitiveness and Truth of Modern Physics.- Functions of Intution in Quantum Physics.- Intuitive Cognition and the Formation of the Theories.

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Following developments in modern geometry, logic and physics, many scientists and philosophers in the modern era considered Kant’s theory of intuition to be obsolete. But this only represents one side of the story concerning Kant, intuition and twentieth century science. Several prominent mathematicians and physicists were convinced that the formal tools of modern logic, set theory and the axiomatic method are not sufficient for providing mathematics and physics with satisfactory foundations. All of Hilbert, Gödel, Poincaré, Weyl and Bohr thought that intuition was an indispensable element in describing the foundations of science. They had very different reasons for thinking this, and they had very different accounts of what they called intuition. But they had in common that their views of mathematics and physics were significantly influenced by their readings of Kant. In the present volume, various views of intuition and the axiomatic method are explored, beginning with Kant’s own approach. By way of these investigations, we hope to understand better the rationale behind Kant’s theory of intuition, as well as to grasp many facets of the relations between theories of intuition and the axiomatic method, dealing with both their strengths and limitations; in short, the volume covers logical and non-logical, historical and systematic issues in both mathematics and physics.

Caracteristici

Collection of original essays Addresses important but neglected topic in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics Traces Kantian influence on these disciplines right up to contemporary philosophy