Reason's Nearest Kin: Philosophies of Arithmetic from Kant to Carnap

by Michael D. Potter

This is a critical examination of the astonishing progress made in the philosophical study of the properties of the natural numbers from the 1880s to the 1930s. Reassessing the brilliant innovations of Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, and others, which transformed philosophy as well as our understanding of mathematics, Michael Potter places arithmetic at the interface between experience, language, thought, and the world.

Genres: Philosophy, Mathematics

316 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000