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What Is Mathematics, Really? .Professor of Mathematics Reuben Hersh

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Author: Professor of Mathematics Reuben Hersh
Page Count: 368 pages
Published Date: 08 Jul 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780195130874
File Name: What.Is.Mathematics,.Really..pdf
Download Link: What Is Mathematics, Really
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Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context. Hersh pulls the screen back to reveal mathematics as seen by professionals, debunking many mathematical myths, and demonstrating how the "humanist" idea of the nature of mathematics more closely resembles how mathematicians actually work. At the heart of his book is a fascinating historical account of the mainstream of philosophy--ranging from Pythagoras, Descartes, and Spinoza, to Bertrand Russell, David Hilbert, and Rudolph Carnap--followed by the mavericks who saw mathematics as a human artifact, including Aristotle, Locke, Hume, Mill, and Lakatos.What is Mathematics, Really? reflects an insider's view of mathematical life, and will be hotly debated by anyone with an interest in mathematics or the philosophy of science.

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