Changes of Setting and the History of Mathematics: A New Study of Frege

This thesis addresses an issue in the philosophy of Mathematics which is little discussed, and indeed little recognised. This issue is the phenomenon of a ‘change of setting’. Changes of setting are events which involve a change in a scientific framework which is fruitful for answering questions whi...

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Main Author: Davies, James Edgar
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Mathematics & Statistics 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4330