What is mathematics, really? /
Hersh, Reuben, 1927-
What is mathematics, really? / Reuben Hersh. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xxiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.
Bibliography: (pages 317-334) and index.
Part one -- Survey and proposals -- Criteria for a philosophy of mathematics -- Myths/mistakes/misunderstandings -- Intuition/proof/certainty -- Five classical puzzles -- Part two: Mainstream before the crisis -- Mainstream philosophy at its peak -- Mainstream since the crisis -- Foundationism dies/mainstream lives -- Humanists and Mavericks of old -- Contemporary humanists and mavericks -- Summary and recapitulation -- Mathematics is a form of life.
0195113683
96038483
Mathematics--Philosophy.
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What is mathematics, really? / Reuben Hersh. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xxiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.
Bibliography: (pages 317-334) and index.
Part one -- Survey and proposals -- Criteria for a philosophy of mathematics -- Myths/mistakes/misunderstandings -- Intuition/proof/certainty -- Five classical puzzles -- Part two: Mainstream before the crisis -- Mainstream philosophy at its peak -- Mainstream since the crisis -- Foundationism dies/mainstream lives -- Humanists and Mavericks of old -- Contemporary humanists and mavericks -- Summary and recapitulation -- Mathematics is a form of life.
0195113683
96038483
Mathematics--Philosophy.
510.1