Hilbert's program: An essay on mathematical instrumentalism

Hilbert's program: An essay on mathematical instrumentalism

Detlefsen M., Davidson, Donald, Hintikka, Jaakko, Nuchelmans, Gabriál
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Hilbert's Program was founded on a concern for the phenomenon of paradox in mathematics. To Hilbert, the paradoxes, which are at once both absurd and irresistible, revealed a deep philosophical truth: namely, that there is a discrepancy between the laws accord­ ing to which the mind of homo mathematicus works, and the laws governing objective mathematical fact. Mathematical epistemology is, therefore, to be seen as a struggle between a mind that naturally works in one way and a reality that works in another. Knowledge occurs when the two cooperate. Conceived in this way, there are two basic alternatives for mathematical epistemology: a skeptical position which maintains either that mind and reality seldom or never come to agreement, or that we have no very reliable way of telling when they do; and a non-skeptical position which holds that there is significant agree­ ment between mind and reality, and that their potential discrepan­ cies can be detected, avoided, and thus kept in check. Of these two, Hilbert clearly embraced the latter, and proposed a program designed to vindicate the epistemological riches represented by our natural, if non-literal, ways of thinking. Brouwer, on the other hand, opted for a position closer (in Hilbert's opinion) to that of the skeptic. Having decided that epistemological purity could come only through sacrifice, he turned his back on his classical heritage to accept a higher calling.
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Año:
1986
Editorial:
Springer Netherlands
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
198
ISBN 10:
9401577315
ISBN 13:
9789401577311
Serie:
Synthese library 182
Archivo:
DJVU, 1.72 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 1986
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