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Author:   Thomas Tymoczko
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   Revised and Expanded Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780691034980

ISBN 10:   0691034982
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   01 February 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"PrefaceIntroductionPt. IChallenging Foundations1Some Proposals for Reviving the Philosophy of Mathematics9A Renaissance of Empiricism in the Recent Philosophy of Mathematics?29What Is Mathematical Truth?49""Modern"" Mathematics: An Educational and Philosophic Error?67Mathematics as an Objective Science79Interlude95From the Preface of Induction and Analogy in Mathematics99Generalization, Specialization, Analogy103Pt. IIMathematical Practice125Theory and Practice in Mathematics129What Does a Mathematical Proof Prove?153Fidelity in Mathematical Discourse: Is One and One Really Two?163The Ideal Mathematician177The Cultural Basis of Mathematics185Is Mathematical Truth Time-Dependent?201Mathematical Change and Scientific Change215The Four-Color Problem and Its Philosophical Significance243Social Processes and Proofs of Theorems and Programs267Information-Theoretic Computational Complexity and Godel's Theorem and Information287Pt. IIICurrent Concerns313Proof as a Source of Truth317On Proof and Progress in Mathematics337Does V Equal L?357Afterword385Bibliography399Supplemental Bibliography of Recent Work411"

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Thomas Tymoczko was Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. He was the author of numerous papers in philosophy and coauthor, with Jim Henle, of Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic. He died in 1996.

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