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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.

510.1

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