From Kant to Hilbert A Source Book in the Foundations of Mathematics 2 Volume Set

by Ewald, William Bragg

• ISBN13: 9780198532712
• ISBN10: 0198532717
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This massive two-volume reference presents a comprehensive selection of the most important works on the foundations of mathematics. While the volumes include important forerunners like Berkeley, MacLaurin, and D'Alembert, as well as such followers as Hilbert and Bourbaki, their emphasis is on the mathematical and philosophical developments of the nineteenth century. Besides reproducing reliable English translations of classics works by Bolzano, Riemann, Hamilton, Dedekind, and Poincare, William Ewald also includes selections from Gauss, Cantor, Kronecker, and Zermelo, all translated here for the first time.

Table of Contents

Introduction

(1685-1753)

(1698-1746)

(1717-1783)

(1724-1804)

(1728-1777)

(1781-1848)

(1777-1855)

(1813-1844)

(1806-1871)

(1805-1865)

(1815-1864)

(1814-1897)

(1845-1879)

(1821-1895)

(1839-1914)

(1826-1866)

(1821-1894)

(1831-1916)

(1845-1918)

(1823-1891)

(1849-1925)

(1854-1912)

The French analysts

(1862-1943)

(1881-1966)

(1871-1953)

(1877-1947)

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