The Search for Certainty A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics [Hardcover]

Marcus Giaquinto tells the compelling story of one of the great intellectual adventures of the modern era: the attempt to find firm foundations for mathematics. From the late nineteenth century to the present day, this project has stimulated some of the most original and influential work in logic and philosophy.

1. Setting
2. The Class Paradoxes and Early Responses
3. The Language Paradoxes andPrincipia Mathematica
4. Axiomatic Set Theory and Hilbert's Programme
5. G?del's Underivability Theorems
6. Aftermath
Bibliography, Index

The Search for Certaintyis a superb synoptic account of the intense and fruitful work that went into clarifying the foundations of mathematics...It fills the gap in the literature that Giaquinto reports to have noticed when a student of logic, and it does so in an excellent manner. --The Reviewof Modern Logic