Return to an Old Refrain: What Proof Does to Concepts

Ian Hacking

Abstract


Starting form Wittgensteins Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics the ariticle giaves an overview onWttgensteins thoughts on proofs and mathematics, its reception and the relation from pure to applied mathematics.

Keywords


20th century philosophy; logic; philosophy; Wittgenstein Ludwig; mathematics; Nachlass; proof; truth

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