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Putnam on foundations
models, modals, muddles
pp. 129-143
Abstract
Putnam has famously offered a sketch of a mathematics without foundations, existing in two equivalent descriptions, set-theoretic and modal-logical. Here his proposal is critically examined, with attention to difficulties surrounding both the modal-logical description itself and especially the notion of equivalence of descriptions.
Publication details
Published in:
Hellman Geoffrey, Cook Roy T. (2018) Hilary Putnam on logic and mathematics. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 129-143
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96274-0_9
Full citation:
Burgess John P. (2018) „Putnam on foundations: models, modals, muddles“, In: G. Hellman & R. T. Cook (eds.), Hilary Putnam on logic and mathematics, Dordrecht, Springer, 129–143.