Synthetic philosophy of contemporary mathematicsFernando Zalamea
Synthetic philosophy of contemporary mathematics
by Fernando Zalamea · first published 2012
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Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics by Fernando Zalamea for something very lively, contemporary and more continental in spirit
on “Philosophy of mathematics – a reading list (2020)” ↗…perhaps because most professional mathematicians have not engaged with philosophy since then. For a philosophical exposition of recent mathematical activity, I don't think there's any book other than Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics by the mathematician Fernando Zalamea. The translation reads a little clumsy to me, but the ideas are very much worth it. https://www.urbanomic.com/book/synthetic-philosophy-of-conte...
on “Would aliens understand lambda calculus? (2018)” ↗…axiomatization of mathematics in the early 20th century never really took root in its culture or practice. If you want to read a philosophical account of mathematics as it is actively practiced today, Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics by Zalamea (a practicing mathematician) is good. It is far more sympathetic to postmodernism than you would think. And for an account of modern logic by a logician in a postmodern vein, La Fantome de…
on “Richard Rorty in Tehran” ↗…analytic philosophy seems to be stuck in an ossified understanding of logic and the kind of rigorous arguments used in mathematics. A response to analytic philosophy from mathematics can be found in Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics [1]. I enjoyed the book quite a bit but I do have a math background so I don't know how accessible it is for a layperson or even a professional philosopher that isn't familiar with contemporary math.…
on “Philosophy Needs a New Definition” ↗Some more recent books in this area: David Corfield "Modal Homotopy Type Theory: The Prospect of a New Logic for Philosophy" Fernando Zalamea "Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics" (though the book is a bit convoluted in the language it uses) also recent translation from French: Albert Lautman "Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real" also a book that uses category theory for…
on “Philosophy of mathematics – a reading list (2020)” ↗