1st Edition

Origins and Varieties of Logicism On the Logico-Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics

Edited By Francesca Boccuni, Andrea Sereni Copyright 2022
418 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

418 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

418 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a plurality of perspectives on the historical origins of logicism and on contemporary developments of logicist insights in philosophy of mathematics. It uniquely provides up-to-date research and novel interpretations on a variety of intertwined themes and historical figures related to different versions of logicism. The essays, written by prominent scholars, are divided into... Read more

1. Origins and Varieties of Logicism: An Overview

Francesca Boccuni and Andrea Sereni

Part I. Origins

2. Frege on Caesar and Hume’s Principle

Patricia Blanchette

3. The Role of Truth

Robert May

4. Anzahlen and Werthverläufe. Are there Objects other than Value-Ranges in Frege’s Universe? An Argument from Grundgesetze, §§ I.34-40

Marco Panza

5. Dedekind’s Logicism: A Reconsideration and Contextualization

Erich Reck

6. Logical Form and the Development of Russell’s Logicism

Kevin C. Klement

 

Part II. Dangerous Liaisons

7. Frege and Hilbert on Conceptual Analysis and Foundations: Some Remarks

Michael Hallett

8. The Chimera of Logicism: Husserl’s Criticism of Frege

Mirja Hartimo

9. Peano’s Philosophical Views between Structuralism and Logicism

Paola Cantù

10. Logicism in Logical Empiricism

Georg Schiemer

Part III. The Roads Ahead

11. Ordinals by Abstraction

Bob Hale

12. Logicism, Separation, and Complement

Roy T. Cook

13. Principia Mathematica Redux

Gregory Landini

14. The Ontology of Abstraction, from Neo-Fregean to Neo-Dedekindian Logicism

Fiona Doherty

15. Frege’s Theorem and Mathematical Cognition

Lieven Decock

Biography

Francesca Boccuni is Associate Professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan. She published articles in scientific journals and collected volumes, edited collections in the philosophy of mathematics and logic.

Andrea Sereni is Associate Professor at the School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia. He has published essays and books, as well as edited special issues and collections in the epistemology and philosophy of mathematics and logic.

"This volume promises to expand the discussion of logicism both historically and theoretically. It proposes an original and overdue re-examination of logicism and its import in the philosophy of mathematics."Pieranna Garavaso, University of Minnesota Morris, USA