Mathematical knowledge

What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other q...

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Andere auteurs: Mary Leng; Alexander Paseau; Michael Potter
Taal:Undetermined
English
Gepubliceerd in: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2007
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Samenvatting:What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions. Written by some of the world's leading philosophers of mathematics, psychologists, and mathematicians, Mathematical Knowledge gives a lively sense of the current state of debate in this fascinating field
Fysieke beschrijving:188 p.
ill.
22 cm
ISBN:0199228248
9780199228249