Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics

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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics is a posthumously published collection of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later writings that critically examines the nature of mathematical truth, proof, and practice from a philosophical and language-centered perspective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical work
posthumous work
author Ludwig Wittgenstein
basedOn Philosophical Investigations
surface form: Wittgenstein’s later manuscripts
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom
criticizes formalism in mathematics
intuitionism
logicism
discusses set-theoretic paradoxes
the concept of a rule
the foundations of arithmetic
the idea of mathematical necessity
the nature of mathematical proof
the practice of calculation
the role of language in mathematics
the status of mathematical propositions
editor Elizabeth Anscombe
surface form: G. E. M. Anscombe

G. H. von Wright
R. Rhees
genre analytic philosophy
philosophy of mathematics
hasEdition English translation by G. E. M. Anscombe
hasPart series of numbered remarks
influenced later philosophy of mathematics
studies of rule-following in philosophy
influencedBy Philosophical Investigations
language English
German
mainSubject language
logic
mathematical proof
mathematical truth
mathematics
philosophy of mathematics
rule-following
notableFor critique of foundational programs in mathematics
emphasis on mathematical practice
language-game analysis of mathematics
originalLanguage German
philosophicalApproach language-centered
analytic philosophy
surface form: ordinary language philosophy
philosophicalTradition analytic philosophy
publicationStatus posthumous
publicationYear 1956
publisher Basil Blackwell
relatedWork Philosophical Investigations
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
timeOfWriting Wittgenstein’s later period

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Elizabeth Anscombe editorOf Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics
Ludwig Wittgenstein notableWork Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics