I'm trying to learn about the logicist programme by myself so I was wondering, what are some good book/papers/articles on logicism? I'm looking for introductory to medium level texts, nothing very deep.
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1Marcus Giaquinto, The Search for Certainty : A Philosophical Account of Foundations of Mathematics, Clarendon 2002– Mauro ALLEGRANZASep 7, 2020 at 6:54
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Thank you so much!– user926356Sep 7, 2020 at 7:40
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2See also SEP's entry on Logicism– Mauro ALLEGRANZASep 7, 2020 at 8:20
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1I am not sure you are interested in the classical logicism of Frege or the current neo-logicist proposals. On the former Dummett's Frege: Philosophy of Mathematics is a classical reference, on the latter see Hale-Wright The Reason's Proper Study: Essays Towards a Neo-Fregean Philosophy of Mathematics.– ConifoldSep 7, 2020 at 9:18
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I'm more interested in the classical logicism, but reading about neologicism does no harm. Thank you!– user926356Sep 7, 2020 at 19:59
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There is Frege: Philosophy of Mathematics. It is written by Michael Dummett, a modern British philosopher and civil rights activist. It explains the philosophy, but focuses on mathematician and philosopher Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege who was interested in the philosophy of mathematics. There is also Philosophy of Mathematics Today by Kit Fine, but it only talks about logicism between page 503 and page 629.