The Star and the Whole: Gian-Carlo Rota on Mathematics and Phenomenology

Rota, Philosopher
Biographical notes
A philosophical style
Rota and analytic philosophy

A Phenomenological Perspective
The problem of "sense" and the "end of objectivity"
Intentionality and being-in-the-world
Reading and seeing
Fundierung in the Third Logical Investigation
The star, the whole, and the part

Phenomenology and Mathematics
Mathematical writing and Fundierung
The second life of mathematics
Mathematical sciences and natural sciences
"Mathematics is forever"
Historical footsteps
Epoché and the crisis of foundations
Economy

The Value of Mathematics
The "myth of progress"
Intentionality is not a teleology
Teleological aspects of mathematical research
The indirect

Endnotes

Bibliography
Bibliography of Gian-Carlo Rota
General Bibliography

Index