Proof and other dilemmas :  mathematics and philosophy / 
 Proof & other dilemmas 
edited by Bonnie Gold and Roger A. Simons. 
 - [Washington, D.C.] :  Mathematical Association of America,  c2008. 
 - xxxii, 346 p. :  illustrations 
 - Spectrum series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Proof : its nature and significance /  Implications of experimental mathematics for the philosophy of mathematics /  On the roles of proof in mathematics /  When is a problem solved? /  Mathematical practice as a scientific problem /  Mathematical domains : social constructs? /  The existence of mathematical objects /  Mathematical objects /  Mathematical platonism /  The nature of mathematical objects /  When is one thing equal to some other thing? /  Extreme science : mathematics as the science of relations as such /  What is mathematics? A pedagogical answer to a philosophical question /  What will count as mathematics in 2100? /  Mathematics applied : the case of addition /  Probability : a philosophical overview /  Michael Detlefsen --  Jonathan Borwein --  Joseph Auslander --  Philip J. Davis --  Reuben Hersh --  Julian Cole --  Charles Chihara --  Stewart Shapiro --  Mark Balaguer --  �ystein Linnebo --  Barry Mazur --  R.S.D. Thomas --  Guershon Harel --  Keith Devlin --  Mark Steiner --  Alan H�ajek.  Proof and how it is changing.  Social constructivist views of mathematics.  The nature of mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge.  The nature of mathematics and its applications. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780883855676 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics -- Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 8.4 PRO 2008