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New trends in the history and philosophy of mathematics

Title
New trends in the history and philosophy of mathematics / edited by Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Stig Andur Pedersen, Lise Mariane Sonne-Hansen.
Publication
Odense : University Press of Southern Denmark ; Portland OR : International Specialized Book Services [distributor], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff.
  • Pedersen, Stig Andur, 1943-
  • Sonne-Hansen, Lise Mariane.
Description
161 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
University of Southern Denmark studies in philosophy ; v. 19
Uniform Title
University of Southern Denmark studies in philosophy ; v. 19.
Subject
  • Geschichte
  • Mathematics > Philosophy > Congresses
  • Mathematics > History > Congresses
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics > Philosophy
  • Philosophie
  • Mathematik
  • Filosofie van de wiskunde
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / Tinne Hoff Kieldsen, Stig Andur Pedersen & Lise Mariane Sonne-Hansen -- Of God and logic and the limits of rational man / Joan L. Richards -- Philosophical challenges from history of mathematics / Henk J.M. Bos -- Computers and the sociology of mathematical proof / Donald MacKenzie -- Interactions between mathematics and theoretical physics / Arthur Jaffe -- Role of rigorous proof in modern mathematical thinking / Arthur Jaffe -- Proof and ontology in Eucledian mathematics / Jody Azzouni -- Ethnomathematics as a new research field, illustrated by studies of mathematical ideas in African history / Paulus Gerdes.
ISBN
  • 8778386063
  • 9788778386069
LCCN
  • 2004300875
  • 9788778386069
OCLC
  • ocm55057753
  • 55057753
  • SCSB-1379770
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Princeton University Library