„Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then such and such another proposition is true of that thing. It is essential not to discuss whether the first proposition is really true, and not to mention what the anything is, of which it is supposed to be true.“ (p 114) #Russell #PureMathematics
Schlagwort-Archive: Pure Mathematics
Russell: Pure Mathematics
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„All pure mathematics — Arithmetic, Analysis, and Geometry — is built up by combinations of the primitive ideas of logic, and its propositions are deduced from the general axioms of logic, such as the syllogism and the other rules of inference.“ (p. 116) #Russell #PureMathematics #Logic