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Proof and knowledge in mathematics / edited by Michael Detlefsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Philosophy.
- Mathematics.
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 PROOF AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH; 2 REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF A PRIORI TRUTH AND ITS CORRUPTION BY KANT*; 3 LOGICISM; 4 EMPIRICAL INQUIRY AND PROOF; 5 ON THE CONCEPT OF PROOF IN ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY; 6 MATHEMATICAL RIGOR IN PHYSICS; 7 FOUNDATIONALISM AND FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS*; 8 BROUWERIAN INTUITIONISM*; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-91675-2
- 1-134-91676-0
- 1-280-13823-8
- 9786610138234
- 0-203-97910-9
- 9780203979105
- OCLC:
- 299571177
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