Wittgenstein, Mathematics and World

Bob Clark studied maths at Oxford University, UK, and philosophy at the Open University, KCL, and York. He taught maths in Kenya, California, Leeds and Brussels, and philosophy in Brussels and at York. Addicted to teaching though retired from paid work, he still teaches a regular small ad hoc adult seminar in philosophy.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Problem Posed.- Chapter 2: Fictionalism, Applicability, and Face Value.- Chapter 3: Infinity and Concept-Determination.- Chapter 4: The Hardness of the Logical ‘Must’.- Chapter 5: The Problem Solved.- Appendix 1: Groups, Transformations and Homomorphisms.- Appendix 2: A Representation Theorem.

“It is written using concise and clear language, with interesting mathematical examples and with an effort to make the polemics that are engaged in the book as clear as possible. There is a clear route leading one from the formulation of the problem to the final solution, and the reader is led from chapter to chapter to form an overview of the problem and the ingredients for its solution” (Jonas Rafael Becker Arenhart, Mathematical reviews, September, 2018)​