Towards a Theory of Mathematical Research Programmes (I)

DOI10.1093/bjps/30.1.1zbMath0438.03004OpenAlexW4252836670WikidataQ56001588 ScholiaQ56001588MaRDI QIDQ3879203

Michael T. Hallett

Publication date: 1979

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/30.1.1

zbMATH Keywords

Cantor's introduction of transfinite numbers into mathematicscriterion of progressdevelopment of mathematical theoriestheory of mathematical research programmes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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