Code
01D05214
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Analytical philosophy
- History of philosophy
Keywords
computer-assisted proof
mathematical proof
Gödels incompleteness theorems
calculus
language game
Ludwig Wittgenstein
rule-following
philosophy of mathematics
mathematical practice
Project description
This project investigates how Wittgenstein’s concern with social practices can be tied to his philosophy of mathematics, by connecting his notions of calculus and language game. A reading of Wittgenstein as an early philosopher of mathematical practice is developed and subsequently applied to four specific issues: rule-following, the nature of mathematical proof, Gödel’s incompleteness theorems and computer-assisted proofs.