Proof and other dilemmas mathematics and philosophy /
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Mathematical Association of America,
c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Proof and how it is changing. Proof : its nature and significance / Michael Detlefsen
- Implications of experimental mathematics for the philosophy of mathematics / Jonathan Borwein
- On the roles of proof in mathematics / Joseph Auslander
- Social constructivist views of mathematics. When is a problem solved? / Philip J. Davis
- Mathematical practice as a scientific problem / Reuben Hersh
- Mathematical domains : social constructs? / Julian Cole
- The nature of mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge. The existence of mathematical objects / Charles Chihara
- Mathematical objects / Stewart Shapiro
- Mathematical platonism / Mark Balaguer
- The nature of mathematical objects / Øystein Linnebo
- When is one thing equal to some other thing? / Barry Mazur
- The nature of mathematics and its applications. Extreme science : mathematics as the science of relations as such / R.S.D. Thomas
- What is mathematics? A pedagogical answer to a philosophical question / Guershon Harel
- What will count as mathematics in 2100? / Keith Devlin
- Mathematics applied : the case of addition / Mark Steiner
- Probability : a philosophical overview / Alan Hájek.