Proof and knowledge in mathematics

Author(s)

• Detlefsen, Michael

Bibliographic Information

Proof and knowledge in mathematics

edited by Michael Detlefsen

Routledge, 2014, c1992

• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

"First published 1992 by Routledge"--T.p verso

"First issued in paperback"--T.p verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,

Table of Contents

Contributors: Michael Detlefsen, Michael D. Resnik, Stewart Shapiro, Mark Steiner, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Shelley Stillwell, William J. Tait, Steven J. Wagner,

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BC0428397X
• ISBN:
  • 9781138009356
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 256 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA8.4
  • DC20 : 511.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical