Abstract
AbstractWe analyze axioms and postulates as speech acts. After a brief historical appraisal of the concept of axiom in Euclid, Frege, and Hilbert, we evaluate contemporary axiomatics from a linguistic perspective. Our reading is inspired by Hilbert and is meant to account for the assertive, directive, and declarative components of modern axiomatics. We will do this by describing the constitutive and regulative roles that axioms possess with respect to the linguistic practice of mathematics.
Funder
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Università di Pisa
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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