Albert Lautman: from mathematical philosophy to metaphysics? Ghent University
The work of the philosopher-mathematician, Albert Lautman (1908-1944), situated within the French historical epistemological landscape of the 20th-century, is characterized by a fascinating an unique interplay between metaphysics, mathematics and history. According to Lautman, philosophy of mathematics is a synthetic study of mathematical problems seen from a Platonic meta-mathematical perspective. So it is up to the philosopher of ...