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

Contributor(s): Gold, Bonnie | Simons, Roger A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Spectrum series. Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2008Description: xxxii, 346 p. : illustrations.ISBN: 9780883855676.Other title: Proof & other dilemmas.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Philosophy
Contents:
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 -- When is a problem solved? / Philip J. Davis -- Mathematical practice as a scientific problem / Reuben Hersh -- Mathematical domains : social constructs? / Julian Cole -- The existence of mathematical objects / Charles Chihara -- Mathematical objects / Stewart Shapiro -- Mathematical platonism / Mark Balaguer -- The nature of mathematical objects / �ystein Linnebo -- When is one thing equal to some other thing? / Barry Mazur -- 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 H�ajek.
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