Philosophy of mathematics books

Robert Hanna presents a view of the Kantian and analytic traditions that have dominated continental European and...  Read More >>

This volume of essays is dedicated to the late Wilbur Knorr, a historian of science. Inspired by Knorr's work, the...  Read More >>

This volume of essays is dedicated to the late Wilbur Knorr, a historian of science. Inspired by Knorr's work, the...  Read More >>

Presents the history of a critical period in mathematics that includes accounts of the two principal influences...  Read More >>

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Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development...  Read More >>

Do numbers, sets and so forth, exist? What do mathematical statements really mean? Are they literally true or false,...  Read More >>

This informative and easy-to-read book is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious...  Read More >>

Why did Plato put mathematics at the heart of education for the rulers of his ideal city? Why has it played such...  Read More >>

The Wolf Prize is awarded by the Wolf Foundation in Israel and goes to mathematicians. It honours the achievements...  Read More >>

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The use of probability and statistics has increased in all fields of research. This book presents an account of...  Read More >>

The use of probability and statistics has increased in all fields of research. This book presents an account of...  Read More >>

How have the fields of logic and the philosophy of mathematics evolved since the first half of the twentieth century?...  Read More >>

In this book, Rotman argues that mathematics is a vast and unique man-made imagination machine controlled by writing....  Read More >>

In this book, Rotman argues that mathematics is a vast and unique man-made imagination machine controlled by writing....  Read More >>

A study of polynomial completeness which focuses on and extends another specific property of Boolean algebras: the...  Read More >>

"""Thinking about Mathematics"" covers the range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics. The...  Read More >>

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An introduction to intuitionistic mathematics, leading the reader gently through the fundamental mathematical and...  Read More >>

An investigation of how past attempts by scientists to discover a circle led to discoveries of the physical universe....  Read More >>

Ibrahim Ibn Sinan was one of the most famous scientists of the tenth century. His specialities were geometry, logic...  Read More >>

This text expores the views of Edmund Husserl on logic, mathematics and semantics. They are done so in relation...  Read More >>

"Beginning with the Babylonian and Egyptian mathematicians of antiquity, Ivor Grattan-Guinness ""succeeds masterfully...  Read More >>