The Foundations of Mathematics Author:Paul Carus Paul Carus was an American philosopher who was born and educated in Germany. He was the long-time editor of such philosophical and religious journals as Open Court and Monist. He held a monistic philosophical viewpoint, which seeks to establish religion on a scientific basis. Along those lines comes his THE FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS, a "cont... more »ribution to the philosophy of geometry." In this brief treatise, Carus traces the roots of his belief in the philosophical basis for mathematics and analyzes that basis after a historical overview of Euclid and his successors. He then examines his base argument and proceeds to a study of different geometrical systems, all pulled together in his epilogue, which examines matter, mathematics, and, ultimately, the nature of God.« less