Alfred Tarski: Semantic shift, heuristic shift in metamathematics (Q5931294)

The author ``examine[s] how Tarski developed Hilbertian metamathematics in order to create the basis of a new domain of mathematical logic, i.e., model theory'' [p. 49]. In particular, the author addresses the following historical questions, among others: ``How did Tarski come to his views? What did he aim for in his own metamathematical investigations'' [p. 51].