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Towards a Philosophy of Real Mathematics

By David Corfield

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0521817226, 9780521817226
Open Library ID
OL22525077M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1836391 bytes)
Pages
300\298
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54

Description

David Corfield provides a variety of innovative approaches to research in the philosophy of mathematics. His study ranges from an exploration of whether computers producing mathematical proofs or conjectures are doing real mathematics to the use of analogy; the prospects for a Bayesian confirmation theory; the notion of a mathematical research program; and the ways in which new concepts are justified. This highly original book will challenge philosophers as well as mathematicians to develop the broadest and most complete philosophical resources for research in their disciplines.

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