Wittgenstein, Mathematics and World

This book uses Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical methodology to solve a problem that has perplexed thinkers for thousands of years: 'how come (abstract) mathematics applies so wonderfully well to the (concrete, physical) world?' The book is distinc

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WITTGENSTEIN, MATHEMATICS AND WORLD Bob Clark

History of Analytic Philosophy

Series Editor Michael Beaney King’s College London Humboldt University Berlin Berlin, Germany

The main aim of this series is to create a venue for work on the history of analytic philosophy, and to consolidate the area as amajor branch of philosophy.The ‘history of analytic philosophy’ is to be understood broadly, as covering the period from the last three decades of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, beginning with the work of Frege, Russell, Moore and Wittgenstein (who are generally regarded as its main founders) and the influences upon them, and going right up to the recent history of the analytic tradition. In allowing the ‘history’ to extend to the present, the aim is to encourage engagement with contemporary debates in philosophy, for example, in showing how the concerns of early analytic philosophy relate to current concerns. In focusing on analytic philosophy, the aim is not to exclude comparisons with other earlier or contemporary traditions, or consideration of figures or themes that some might regard as marginal to the analytic tradition but which also throw light on analytic philosophy. Indeed, a further aim of the series is to deepen our understanding of the broader context in which analytic philosophy developed, by looking, for example, at the roots of analytic philosophy in neo-Kantianism or British idealism, or the connections between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, or discussing the work of philosophers who were important in the development of analytic philosophy but who are now often forgotten. Editorial board members: Claudio de Almeida, Pontifical Catholic University at Porto Alegre, Brazil Maria Baghramian, University College Dublin, Ireland  Thomas Baldwin, University of York, England  Stewart Candlish, University of Western Australia  Chen Bo, Peking University, China  Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading, England  José Ferreirós, University of Seville, Spain  Michael Friedman, Stanford University, USA  Gottfried Gabriel, University of Jena, Germany  Juliet Floyd, Boston University, USA  Hanjo Glock, University of Zurich, Switzerland  Nicholas Griffin, McMaster University, Canada  Leila Haaparanta, University of Tampere, Finland  Peter Hylton, University of Illinois, USA  Jiang Yi, Beijing Normal University, China  Javier Legris, National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, Argentina  Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto, Canada  Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Central European University, Budapest  Volker Peckhaus, University of Paderborn, Germany  Eva Picardi, University of Bologna, Italy  Erich Reck, University of California at Riverside, USA  Peter Simons, Trinity College, Dublin  Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, England.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14867

Bob Clark

Wittgenstein, Mathematics and World

Bob Clark University of York York, UK

History of Analytic Philosophy ISBN 978-3-319-6