{"product_id":"9781139610995","title":"Logicism and its Philosophical Legacy","description":"The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a profound influence on the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. This volume of classic, revised and newly written essays by William Demopoulos examines logicism's principal legacy for philosophy: its elaboration of notions of analysis and reconstruction. The essays reflect on the deployment of these ideas by the principal figures in the history of the subject - Frege, Russell, Ramsey and Carnap - and in doing so illuminate current concerns about the nature of mathematical and theoretical knowledge. Issues addressed include the nature of arithmetical knowledge in the light of Frege's theorem; the status of realism about the theoretical entities of physics; and the proper interpretation of empirical theories that postulate abstract structural constraints.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118461534448,"sku":"9781139610995","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139610995_p0.jpg?v=1763700431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139610995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}