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Philosophy of mathematics: a contemporary introduction to a world of proofs and pictures

By Brown , James Robert

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
9780415960489, 9780415960472, 9780203932964, 020393296X, 0415960479, 0415960487
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1382276 bytes)
Series
Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
245\260
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Philosophy of science;Mathematics--Philosophy;Math

Description

Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Mathematical Image 2. Platonism 3. Picture-Proofs and Platonism 4. What is Applied Mathematics? 5. Hilbert and Goedel 6. Knots and Notation 7. What is a Definition? 8. Constructive Approaches 9. Proofs, Pictures and Procedures in Wittgenstein 10. Computation, Proof and Conjecture 11. How to Refute the Continuum Hypothesis 12. Calling the Bluff. Notes. Bibliography. Index

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