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RSS18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Table of contents 1. A Socratic Dialogue on Mathematics Alfréd Rényi 2. “Introduction” to Carlo Cellucci 3. On Proof and Progress in Mathematics William P. Thurston 4. The Informal Logic of Mathematical Proof Andrew Aberdein 5. Philosophical Problems of Mathematics in the Light of Evolutionary Epistemology Yehuda Rav 6. Towards a Semiotics of Mathematics Brian Rotman 7. Computers and the Sociology of Mathematical Proof Donald MacKenzie 8. From G.H.H. and Littlewood to XML and Maple: Changing Needs and Expectations in Mathematical Knowledge Management Terry Stanway 9. Do Rafael Núñez 10. Does Mathematics Need a Philosophy? William Timothy Gowers 11. How and Why Mathematics Is Unique as a Social Practice Jody Azzouni 12. The Pernicious Influence of Mathematics upon Philosophy Gian-Carlo Rota 13. The Pernicious Influence of Mathematics on Science Jack Schwartz 14. What Is Philosophy of Mathematics Looking for? Alfonso C. Ávila Palacio 15. Concepts and the Mangle of Practice Constructing Quaternions Andrew Pickering 16. Mathematics as Objective Knowledge and as Human Practice Eduard Glas 17. The Locus of Mathematical Reality: An Anthropological Footnote Leslie A. White 18. Inner Vision, Outer Truth Reuben Hersh DRM-restrictions Printing: not available Clipboard copying: not available | ||||||||||||||||||
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