What Is Mathematics, Really?

Name: What Is Mathematics, Really?
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ISBN: 9780224044172

ISBN-10: 0224044176

ISBN-13: 9780224044172

Edition: 1997

Authors: Reuben Hersh

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This book does exactly what the title says - it clarifies in accessible language the nature of many familiar and exotic mathematical objects, and explains and criticises current and past theories of the nature of mathematics.

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 9/4/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 343
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.45" long
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Preface Aims and Goals	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Dialogue with Laura	p. xxi
	p. 1
Survey and Proposals	p. 3
Criteria for a Philosophy of Mathematics	p. 24
Myths/Mistakes/ Misunderstandings	p. 35
Intuiton/Proof/Certainty	p. 48
Five Classical Puzzles	p. 72
	p. 89
Mainstream Before the Crisis	p. 91
Mainstream Philosophy at Its Peak	p. 119
Mainstream Since the Crisis	p. 137
Foundationism Dies/ Mainstream Lives	p. 165
Humanists and Mavericks of Old	p. 182
Modern Humanists and Mavericks	p. 198
Twelve Contemporary Humanists and Mavericks	p. 220
Summary and Recapitulation	p. 233
Thirteen Mathematics is a Form of Life	p. 235
Mathematical Notes/Comments	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 317
Index	p. 335
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