CenterforPhilosophyofScienceoftheUniversityofLisbon

InternationalColloquiumThePhilosophersandMathematics

Abstract
PhilosophersasMathematiciansand
MathematicianssPhilosophersfromPlatotoHilbert

ReinhardKahle
UniversidadeNovadeLisboaPortugal

We give a short survey of the interaction of Philosophers as Mathematicians and Mathematicians as

PhilosophersfromPlatontoDavidHilbert.DiscussingtheexampleofHilbertinmoredetailwearguethat
heshouldnotcountasPhilosopher,althoughhewasshapingmodernphilosophyofmathematicswith
deepphilosophicalideasandinsights.