Felix Hausdorff - Gesammelte Werke Band VI

This volume contains published articles and previously unpublished material by Felix Hausdorff relating to the epistemology of time and space, as well as on noneuclidean geometry. It documents Hausdorff’s lifelong interest in these issues and provides new insight into the formation of a modern epistemology of mathematics and of science. The volume also documents how Hausdorff’s mathematical, philosophical and literary work interacted throughout his career. The editor’s historical introduction provides a wealth of information about Hausdorff’s philosophical background. Everyone interested in the emergence of modern mathematics and its philosophical contexts will profit from reading this volume of Hausdorff’s Collected Works.