02218nam a22003378a 4500 CR9780511779589 UkCbUP 20180107143413.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100519s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511779589 (ebook) 9780521766814 (hardback) 9780521747721 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda BC15 .H37 2010 160.9 22 Hart, W. D., author. The Evolution of Logic / [electronic resource] W. D. Hart. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Evolution of Modern Philosophy Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Examines the relations between logic and philosophy over the last 150 years. Logic underwent a major renaissance beginning in the nineteenth century. Cantor almost tamed the infinite, and Frege aimed to undercut Kant by reducing mathematics to logic. These achievements were threatened by the paradoxes, like Russell's. This ferment generated excellent philosophy (and mathematics) by excellent philosophers (and mathematicians) up to World War II. This book provides a selective, critical history of the collaboration between logic and philosophy during this period. After World War II, mathematical logic became a recognized subdiscipline in mathematics departments, and consequently but unfortunately philosophers have lost touch with its monuments. This book aims to make four of them (consistency and independence of the continuum hypothesis, Post's problem, and Morley's theorem) more accessible to philosophers, making available the tools necessary for modern scholars of philosophy to renew a productive dialogue between logic and philosophy. Print version: 9780521766814 The Evolution of Modern Philosophy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779589 Cambridge Books Online 236562 236562