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Book DetailsSpectrumVolume: 59; 2008; 346 pp
During the first 75 years of the twentieth century, almost all work in the philosophy of mathematics concerned foundational questions. In the last quarter of the century, philosophers of mathematics began to return to basic questions concerning the philosophy of mathematics, such as "what is the nature of mathematical knowledge and of mathematical objects" and "how is mathematics related to science." Two new schools of philosophy of mathematics, social constructivism and structuralism, were added to the four traditional views (formalism, intuitionalism, logicism, and platonism). The advent of the computer led to proofs and the development of mathematics assisted by computer and to questions of the role of the computer in mathematics. This book of 16 essays, all written specifically for this volume, is the first to explore this range of new developments in a language accessible to mathematicians. Approximately half the essays were written by mathematicians and consider questions that philosophers are not yet discussing. The other half, written by philsophers of mathematics, summarize the discussion in that community during the last 35 years. In each case, connections are made to issues relevant to the teaching of mathematics.
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Table of Contents
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Proof and How it is Changing
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Chapter 1. Proof: Its Nature and Significance, Michael Detlefsen
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Chapter 2. Implications of Experimental Mathematics for the Philosophy of Mathematics, Jonathan Borwein
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Chapter 3. On the Roles of Proof in Mathematics, Joseph Auslander
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Social Constructivist Views of Mathematics
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Chapter 4. When Is a Problem Solved?, Philip J. Davis
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Chapter 5. Mathematical Practice as a Scientific Problem, Reuben Hersh
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Chapter 6. Mathematical Domains: Social Constructs?, Julian Cole
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The Nature of Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge
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Chapter 7. The Existence of Mathematical Objects, Charles Chihara
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Chapter 8. Mathematical Objects, Stewart Shapiro
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Chapter 9. Mathematical Platonism, Mark Balaguer
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Chapter 10. The Nature of Mathematical Objects, Øystein Linnebo
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Chapter 11. When is One Thing Equal to Some Other Thing?, Barry Mazur
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The Nature of Mathematics and its Applications
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Chapter 12. Extreme Science: Mathematics as the Science of Relations as Such, R. S. D. Thomas
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Chapter 13. What is Mathematics? A Pedagogical Answer to a Philosophical Question, Guershon Harel
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Chapter 14. What Will Count as Mathematics in 2100?, Keith Devlin
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Chapter 15. Mathematics Applied: The Case of Addition, Mark Steiner
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Chapter 16. Probability—A Philosophical Overview, Alan Hájek
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During the first 75 years of the twentieth century, almost all work in the philosophy of mathematics concerned foundational questions. In the last quarter of the century, philosophers of mathematics began to return to basic questions concerning the philosophy of mathematics, such as "what is the nature of mathematical knowledge and of mathematical objects" and "how is mathematics related to science." Two new schools of philosophy of mathematics, social constructivism and structuralism, were added to the four traditional views (formalism, intuitionalism, logicism, and platonism). The advent of the computer led to proofs and the development of mathematics assisted by computer and to questions of the role of the computer in mathematics. This book of 16 essays, all written specifically for this volume, is the first to explore this range of new developments in a language accessible to mathematicians. Approximately half the essays were written by mathematicians and consider questions that philosophers are not yet discussing. The other half, written by philsophers of mathematics, summarize the discussion in that community during the last 35 years. In each case, connections are made to issues relevant to the teaching of mathematics.
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Proof and How it is Changing
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Chapter 1. Proof: Its Nature and Significance, Michael Detlefsen
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Chapter 2. Implications of Experimental Mathematics for the Philosophy of Mathematics, Jonathan Borwein
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Chapter 3. On the Roles of Proof in Mathematics, Joseph Auslander
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Social Constructivist Views of Mathematics
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Chapter 4. When Is a Problem Solved?, Philip J. Davis
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Chapter 5. Mathematical Practice as a Scientific Problem, Reuben Hersh
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Chapter 6. Mathematical Domains: Social Constructs?, Julian Cole
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The Nature of Mathematical Objects and Mathematical Knowledge
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Chapter 7. The Existence of Mathematical Objects, Charles Chihara
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Chapter 8. Mathematical Objects, Stewart Shapiro
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Chapter 9. Mathematical Platonism, Mark Balaguer
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Chapter 10. The Nature of Mathematical Objects, Øystein Linnebo
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Chapter 11. When is One Thing Equal to Some Other Thing?, Barry Mazur
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The Nature of Mathematics and its Applications
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Chapter 12. Extreme Science: Mathematics as the Science of Relations as Such, R. S. D. Thomas
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Chapter 13. What is Mathematics? A Pedagogical Answer to a Philosophical Question, Guershon Harel
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Chapter 14. What Will Count as Mathematics in 2100?, Keith Devlin
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Chapter 15. Mathematics Applied: The Case of Addition, Mark Steiner
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Chapter 16. Probability—A Philosophical Overview, Alan Hájek