Washington Law Review
Implications of Foundational Crisis in Mathematics: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Legal Research
Abstract
As a result of a sequence of so-called foundational crises, mathematicians have come to realize that foundational inquiries are difficult and perhaps never ending. Accounts of the last of these crises have appeared with increasing frequency in the legal literature, and one piece of this Article examines these invocations with a critical eye. The other piece introduces a framework for thinking about law as a discipline. On the one hand, the disciplinary framework helps explain how esoteric mathematical topics made their way into the legal literature. On the other hand, the mathematics can be used to examine some aspects of interdisciplinary legal research.
First Page
51
Recommended Citation
Mike Townsend,
Implications of Foundational Crisis in Mathematics: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Legal Research,
71 Wash. L. Rev.
51
(1996).
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https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol71/iss1/3