Definitions and Contradictions Russell , Poincaré , and Leśniewski
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This paper is composed of two independent parts. The first is concerned with Russell’s early philosophy of mathematics and his quarrel with Poincaré about the nature of their opposition. I argue that the main divergence between the two philosophers was about the nature of definitions. In the second part, I briefly present Leśniewski’s Ontology and suggest that Leśniewski’s original treatment of definitions in the foundations of mathematics is the natural solution to the problem that divided Russell and Poincaré.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009