The Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic in the 1920s and 1930s in Poland

• Main Author: Murawski, Roman (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
• Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies, 48
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Philosophy.; Logic.; History.; Mathematical logic.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History of Philosophy.

The aim of this book is to present and analyze philosophical conceptions concerning mathematics and logic as formulated by Polish logicians, mathematicians and philosophers in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a remarkable period in the history of Polish science, in particular in the history of Polish log...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Predecessors
• The Polish School of Mathematics
• Lvov-Warsaw School of Philosophy
• Benedykt Bornstein
• Cracow Centre
• Conclusion
• Biographical Notes
• Bibliography
• Index of Names.