02595nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10722441 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 080208s2008 dcua sb 000 0 eng d 2008922718 0883855674 9780883855676 9781614445050 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)817962609 QA8.4 .P755 2008eb 511.3 20 Proof and other dilemmas [electronic resource] : mathematics and philosophy / edited by Bonnie Gold and Roger A. Simons. Proof & other dilemmas [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2008. xxxii, 346 p. : ill. Spectrum series Includes bibliographical references. Proof and how it is changing. Proof : its nature and significance / Michael Detlefsen -- Implications of experimental mathematics for the philosophy of mathematics / Jonathan Borwein -- On the roles of proof in mathematics / Joseph Auslander -- Social constructivist views of mathematics. When is a problem solved? / Philip J. Davis -- Mathematical practice as a scientific problem / Reuben Hersh -- Mathematical domains : social constructs? / Julian Cole -- The nature of mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge. The existence of mathematical objects / Charles Chihara -- Mathematical objects / Stewart Shapiro -- Mathematical platonism / Mark Balaguer -- The nature of mathematical objects / �ystein Linnebo -- When is one thing equal to some other thing? / Barry Mazur -- The nature of mathematics and its applications. Extreme science : mathematics as the science of relations as such / R.S.D. Thomas -- What is mathematics? A pedagogical answer to a philosophical question / Guershon Harel -- What will count as mathematics in 2100? / Keith Devlin -- Mathematics applied : the case of addition / Mark Steiner -- Probability : a philosophical overview / Alan H�ajek. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mathematics Philosophy. Electronic books. local Gold, Bonnie, 1948- Simons, Roger A. ebrary, Inc. MAA spectrum. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10722441 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 39359 39359