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What Is Mathematics, Really?

by Reuben Hersh

  • ISBN: 9780195130874
  • ISBN10: 0195130871

What Is Mathematics, Really?

by Reuben Hersh

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
  • Publish date: 07/01/1999
  • ISBN: 9780195130874
  • ISBN10: 0195130871
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Description: Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, a historical, 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. Harsh putts 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, and Mill

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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