Philosophy of mathematics books

2010 books were found.

Astronomy vs. History

Astronomy vs. History

Author: Franck Tamdhu ,  Mike Yagupov
ISBN: 9781549534768
Format: Paperback
$48.23

"All solar, lunar eclipses mentioned in chronicles presumed to be written before the XVI century could not and did...  Read More >>

Thomas Reid on Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

Thomas Reid on Mathematics and Natural Philosophy

Author: Paul Wood ,  Thomas Reid
ISBN: 9780748643387
Format: Paperback
$452.81

Thomas Reid was an intellectual polymath interested in all aspects of Enlightenment thought. Paul Wood reconstructs...  Read More >>

Competitions for Young Mathematicians: Perspectives from Five Continents

Competitions for Young Mathematicians: Perspectives...

Author: Alexander Soifer
ISBN: 9783319565842
Format: Hardback
$448.77

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What is a Mathematical Concept?

What is a Mathematical Concept?

Author: Elizabeth de Freitas (Manchester Metropolitan University) ,  Nathalie Sinclair (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia)
ISBN: 9781107134638
Format: Hardback
$258.75

This book provides a contemporary resource for scholars and students whose work takes up the philosophical and sociological...  Read More >>

Correspondence of Luigi Cremona (1830-1903): Conserved in the Department of Mathematics, Sapienza, University of Rome

Correspondence of Luigi Cremona (1830-1903): Conserved...

Author: Giorgio Israel
ISBN: 9782503554532
Format: Hardback
$694.32

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La correspondance de jeunesse d’Henri Poincaré: Les années de formation. De l'École polytechnique à l'École des Mines (1873-1878)

La correspondance de jeunesse d’Henri Poincaré: Les...

Author: Laurent Rollet
ISBN: 9783319559582
Format: Hardback
$169.00

Ce cinquième volume de la correspondance d’Henri Poincaré rassemble l’ensemble des lettres envoyées par le mathématicien...  Read More >>

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy...

Author: Emily Carson (McGill University, Canada) ,  Lisa Shabel (Ohio State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138094819
Format: Paperback
$96.99

There is a long tradition, in the history and philosophy of science, of studying Kant’s philosophy of mathematics,...  Read More >>

Empowering Mathematics Learners: Yearbook 2017, Association Of Mathematics Educators

Empowering Mathematics Learners: Yearbook 2017, Association...

Author: Berinderjeet Kaur (Ntu, S'pore) ,  Ngan Hoe Lee (Nie, Ntu, S'pore)
ISBN: 9789813224216
Format: Hardback
$323.44

This book contributes towards the literature in the field of mathematics education, specifically on aspects of empowering...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Mathematics

Philosophy of Mathematics

Author: Øystein Linnebo
ISBN: 9780691161402
Format: Hardback
$92.40

A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading contemporary scholars...  Read More >>

Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun

Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Mathematics, History...

Author: Jiri Hudecek (Charles University, Czech Republic)
ISBN: 9781138091856
Format: Paperback
$101.00

"Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced...  Read More >>

The Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem: Thales, Pythagoras, Engineering, Diagrams, and the Construction of the Cosmos out of Right Triangles

The Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem: Thales,...

Author: Robert Hahn
ISBN: 9781438464893
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Explores Thales’s speculative philosophy through a study of geometrical diagrams.  Read More >>

The Nature and Development of Mathematics: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Culture

The Nature and Development of Mathematics: Cross Disciplinary...

Author: John Adams ,  Patrick Barmby
ISBN: 9781138124417
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Including perspectives from anthropology, education and psychology, The Nature and Development of Mathematics addresses...  Read More >>

Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills

Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical...

Author: Paul Nahin
ISBN: 9780691175911
Format: Paperback
$42.99

In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex...  Read More >>

Magic Squares in the Tenth Century: Two Arabic Treatises by Anṭākī and Būzjānī

Magic Squares in the Tenth Century: Two Arabic Treatises...

Author: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN: 9783319521138
Format: Hardback
$369.57

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The Quantum of Explanation: Whitehead’s Radical Empiricism

The Quantum of Explanation: Whitehead’s Radical Empiricism...

Author: Randall E. Auxier (Souther Illinois University, Carbondale, USA) ,  Gary L. Herstein
ISBN: 9781138700161
Format: Hardback
$326.00

The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical...  Read More >>

Mathematics of the Transcendental

Mathematics of the Transcendental

Author: Alain Badiou (École Normale Supérieure, France)
ISBN: 9781474286459
Format: Paperback
$39.99

In Mathematics of the Transcendental, Alain Badiou painstakingly works through the pertinent aspects of category...  Read More >>

The Construction of Mathematics: The Human Mind's Greatest Achievement

The Construction of Mathematics: The Human Mind's Greatest...

Author: Klaus Truemper (University of Texas at Dallas Dallas Texas USA)
ISBN: 9780966355482
Format: Hardback
$92.27

Is mathematics created or discovered? The answer has been debated for centuries. This book answers the question...  Read More >>

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