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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics
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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics book
Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics
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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics book
Edited ByMichael Detlefsen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1992
eBook Published 2 January 1992
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 268
eBook ISBN 9780203979105
Subjects Humanities
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Detlefsen, M. (Ed.). (1992). Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203979105
ABSTRACT
These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|20 pages
REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF A PRIORI TRUTH AND ITS CORRUPTION BY KANT*
Edited ByMichael Detlefsen