We compare Gödel’s and Brouwer’s explorations of mysticism and its relation to mathematics.

In this book Robert Tragesser sets out to determine the conditions under which a realist ontology of mathematics and logic might be justified, taking as his starting point Husserl's treatment of these metaphysical problems. He does not aim primarily at an exposition of Husserl's phenomenology, although many of the central claims of phenomenology are clarified here. Rather he exploits its ideas and methods to show how they can contribute to answering Michael Dummet's question 'Realism or Anti-Realism?'. In doing so he (...) makes a challenging and provocative contribution to the debate. (shrink)

This is a collection of vivid and stimulating writings in various literary forms by a well-known mathematician who is having an increasing influence as a philosopher. It contains a core of papers that will change the face of the philosophy of mathematics and one of the most important papers on philosophical logic of this closing century, one that enables a fully effective transcendental logic. Indiscrete Thoughts, together with the previous anthology, makes Rota’s philosophical writings accessible.