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Pages: 302
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-06-06 - Publisher: Clarendon Press

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The nineteenth century saw a movement to make higher mathematics rigorous. This seemed to be on the brink of success when it was thrown into confusion by the di
The Search for Certainty
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Krzysztof Burdzy
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: World Scientific

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This volume represents a radical departure from the current philosophical duopoly in the area of foundations of probability, that is, the frequency and subjecti
What Is Mathematics, Really?
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Reuben Hersh
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-08-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as
Philosophical Approaches to the Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
Language: en
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Authors: Marcin TrepczyƄski
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Philosophical Approaches to the Foundations of Logic and Mathematics consists of eleven articles addressing various aspects of the "roots" of logic and mathemat
Philosophy of Mathematics
Language: en
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Authors: Paul Benacerraf
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1984-01-27 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented 'crisis in the foundations of mathematics', featuring a world-famous paradox (Russell's Paradox), a challen