This book is a compilation of the author's most important papers about the contributions of Bertrand Russell, Kurt Gödel, and Alfred Tarski to the philosophy of logic and mathematics. It also includes a personal reflection of the author's approach to his field of research. The papers in this book have been assembled to convey key elements of the author's research on the published and unpublished materials of the three greatest logicians of the twentieth century.

Francisco Rodríguez-Consuegra is well known in the field of the History and Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics, mostly due to his former books: The Mathematical Philosophy of Bertrand Russell (Birkhäuser, 1991) and Kurt Gödel, Unpublished Philosophical Essays (Birkhäuser, 1995). Throughout his career, the author visited and worked in depth in the Russell Archives (Hamilton, Canada), the Gödel Nachlass (Princeton, USA), and the Tarski Papers (Berkeley, USA).

This book is of interest to students, professors, and researchers in the history of logic and mathematics, philosophy of logic and mathematics, and general history and philosophy of science.

Presents a diverse array of essays on the history and philosophy of logic Explores important aspects of Gödel's, Russell's, and Tarski's contributions to logic and mathematics Constitutes a representative sample of the author's contributions to the field throughout his career

Autorentext

Francisco Rodríguez-Consuegra (Seville, 1951) has been teaching, researching, and publishing in different fields, mostly related to logic and philosophy of language, for a long time. His last position was as Full Professor at the University of Valencia, where he retired in 2015. Previously, he made postdoctoral stays in Oxford, Hamilton (Canadá), Harvard, and Berkeley. A complete curriculum and list of publications are available online.

Inhalt

Russell's theory of types, 1901-1910.- A global viewpoint on Russell's philosophy.- Gödel's first works, 1929-1936: mathematics without philosophy.- Russell, Gödel and logicism.- Gödel's last works, 1938-1974: the emerging philosophy.- Gödel's unpublished manuscripts, 1930-1970: the official edition.- Definitions and logical consequence in the Peano School.- A droll mix of profundity and otherworldliness.- Philosophy in Hao Wang's conversations with Gödel.- Propositional ontology and logical atomism.- Tarski's intuitive notion of set.- From Logic to Philosophy.