Between philosophy and mathematics : General trends in dissemination, teaching, and research on mathematical logic in 1930s China

Vrhovski, Jan (author)

This article studies some central developments in the propagation and teaching of math-ematical logic in 1930s China. Focusing on the emergence of a twofold disciplinary ap-proach to mathematical logic, namely as a discipline studied and disseminated by Chinese philosophers on the one hand and mathematicians on the other, this paper explores one of the key turning points in the development of the academic notion of mathematical logic in China. Apart from casting some light on the teaching of mathematical logic in the framework of both philosophical as well as mathematical spheres of inquiry, this article also provides some preliminary insights into the circumstances surrounding the first systematic introduction of mathematical logic into the modern standardized system of education, which gradually took shape over the late-1920s and early 1930s in China.

• Language: English
• Keywords: mathematical logic, mathematics, philosophy, China, Republican Period
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 209-241
• Numbering: Vol. 10 (26), No. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136572
• UDC: 16(510)
• ISSN on article: 2232-5131
• DOI: 10.4312/as.2022.10.2.209-241
• COBISS.SI-ID: 107340547
• Publication date in RUL: 11.05.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Asian studies
• Publisher: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-5131
• COBISS.SI-ID: 265206272

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.
• Licensing start date: 09.05.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Med filozofijo in matematiko: splošne težnje v šir[j]enju, poučevanju in raziskovanju matematične logike na Kitajskem v 30 letih 20 stoletja

Abstract

Članek preučuje osrednje razvojne smernice v širjenju in poučevanju matematične logike na Kitajskem v 30. letih 20. stoletja. Osredotočen na pojav dveh različnih znanstvenih pristo-pov k matematični logiki – namreč kot disciplini, ki so jo preučevali in širili kitajski filozofi na eni strani ter kitajski matematiki na drugi – nadalje preučuje eno izmed osrednjih točk obrata v razvoju matematične logike kot akademske discipline na Kitajskem. Poleg tega, da pojasnjuje, kako se je predmet poučevalo v sklopu tako filozofskih kot tudi matematičnih raziskav, članek prav tako podaja nekaj preliminarnih vpogledov v okoliščine, ki so obdajale prvi sistematični poskus vključitve matematične logike v moderni standardizirani sistem izobrazbe, ki je postopoma nastajal na Kitajskem v 20. in 30. letih 20. stoletja.

• Keywords: matematična logika, matematika, filozofija, Kitajska, republikansko obdobje

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: N6-0161
• Name: Humanizem v medkulturni perspektivi: Evropa in Kitajska