Pulkkinen, Jarmo
The Threat of Logical Mathematism

A Study on the Critique of Mathematical Logic in Germany at the Turn of the 20th Century.

Pulkkinen starts by giving a historical survey of the development of German logic 1830-1920 as it appears against the background of German academic philosophy. Next he studies the interrelationships between logic and psychology, logic and linguistics, and logic and mathematics. After this the author presents the general features of the reception of mathematical logic in Germany between 1880 and 1920. This is followed by a more detailed account of the arguments of three individual critics: Fritz Mauthner, Heinrich Rickert, and Theodor Ziehen. 187 Seiten, broschiert (Nordeuropäische Beiträge aus den Human- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften/Scandinavian University Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences; vol. 7/Peter Lang Verlag 1994) Mängelexemplar/near mint