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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics

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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
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203979105
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 1|17 pages

PROOF AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH

ByMichael D. Resnik

chapter 2|20 pages

REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF A PRIORI TRUTH AND ITS CORRUPTION BY KANT*

Edited ByMichael Detlefsen

chapter 3|27 pages

LOGICISM

BySteven J. Wagner

chapter 4|16 pages

EMPIRICAL INQUIRY AND PROOF

ByShelley Stillwell

chapter 5|14 pages

ON THE CONCEPT OF PROOF IN ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY

Edited ByMichael Detlefsen

chapter 6|9 pages

MATHEMATICAL RIGOR IN PHYSICS

ByMark Steiner

chapter 7|23 pages

FOUNDATIONALISM AND FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS*

Edited ByMichael Detlefsen

chapter 8|27 pages

BROUWERIAN INTUITIONISM*

Edited ByMichael Detlefsen
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