Philosophy of mathematics books

Die Autoren beschreiben die Entstehung, Entwicklung und Wandlung der Algebra als Teil unserer Kulturgeschichte....  Read More >>

Mathieu Marion traces the development of Wittgenstein's thinking from the 1920s through to the 1950s, in the context...  Read More >>

In the world of math, the theorem that informs how to understand the shape of the universe has defied every effort...  Read More >>

Wir begegnen Poincaré, Lorentz und Hilbert, Boltzmann und Bohr, Minkowski, Planck, de Broglie, Hubble und Weyl,...  Read More >>

There is an urgent need in philosophy of mathematics for new approaches which pay closer attention to mathematical...  Read More >>

Kit Fine develops a Fregean theory of abstraction, and suggests that it may yield a new philosophical foundation...  Read More >>

Dieses zweibändige Werk handelt von Mathematik und ihrer Geschichte. Die sorgfältige Analyse dessen, was die Alten...  Read More >>

Die sorgfältige Analyse dessen, was die Alten bewiesen - meist sehr viel mehr, als sie ahnten -, führt zu einem...  Read More >>

A Venezia, citta’ di ponti e di culture, si parla da oramai dieci anni di cultura e di matematica, si parla di arte,...  Read More >>

Die Abhandlung über Kegelschnitte (Conica) des Apollonius aus Perge gilt als ein Gipfelpunkt der griechischen Mathematik...  Read More >>

One of the world's leading mathematicians offers an illuminating and engaging look at the newest, most cutting-edge...  Read More >>

Extrapolation consists of generalizing causal conclusions from one context to others that may differ in relevant...  Read More >>

Tackles important as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. This book takes an approach, encompassing...  Read More >>

Tackles questions in the mathematical sciences. This book encompasses non-standard topics such as the role of visual...  Read More >>

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What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How...  Read More >>

Abstract: An outline of the structure of the book is presented, making the argument that the language we use for...  Read More >>

The proceedings from an international colloquium on Lie groups and ergodic theory held at the Tata Institute of...  Read More >>

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Offers an investigation of demonstration in mathematics and science, examining how it works and why it is persuasive....  Read More >>

Now in paperback: one of the world's greatest mathematicians explains his revolutionary hypothesis about the enigma...  Read More >>

Contains 23 non-technical papers. This book includes essays which summarize a lifetime effort to use the notion...  Read More >>

Contains 23 non-technical papers. This book includes essays which summarize a lifetime effort to use the notion...  Read More >>

British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in...  Read More >>

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