Proof and other dilemmas mathematics and philosophy / edited by Bonnie Gold and Roger A. Simons.

Other author Gold, Bonnie, 1948-
Other author Simons, Roger A.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America,
Descriptionxxxii, 346 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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Cover title Proof & other dilemmas
SeriesSpectrum series
Contents Proof and how it is changing. Proof : its nature and significance / Michael Detlefsen -- Implications of experimental mathematics for the philosophy of mathematics / Jonathan Borwein -- On the roles of proof in mathematics / Joseph Auslander -- Social constructivist views of mathematics. When is a problem solved? / Philip J. Davis -- Mathematical practice as a scientific problem / Reuben Hersh -- Mathematical domains : social constructs? / Julian Cole -- The nature of mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge. The existence of mathematical objects / Charles Chihara -- Mathematical objects / Stewart Shapiro -- Mathematical platonism / Mark Balaguer -- The nature of mathematical objects / Øystein Linnebo -- When is one thing equal to some other thing? / Barry Mazur -- The nature of mathematics and its applications. Extreme science : mathematics as the science of relations as such / R.S.D. Thomas -- What is mathematics? A pedagogical answer to a philosophical question / Guershon Harel -- What will count as mathematics in 2100? / Keith Devlin -- Mathematics applied : the case of addition / Mark Steiner -- Probability : a philosophical overview / Alan Hájek.
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LCCN 2008922718
ISBN0883855674
ISBN9780883855676

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