New Perspectives on Mathematical Practices: Essays in Philosophy and History of Mathematics [Book Review]

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World Scientific (2009)
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This volume focuses on the importance of historical enquiry for the appreciation of philosophical problems concerning mathematics.

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QA8.P37 2007

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9789812812223   9812812229
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An enhanced argument for innate elementary geometric knowledge and its philosophical implications.Helen3 De Cruz
Philosophical method and Galileo's paradox of infinity.Matthew W. Parker
On the nature and origin of algebraic symbolism.  (pages 1--27)Albrecht Heeffer
Reading diophantos.  (pages 28)Ad Meskens
What did the abbacus teachers aim at when they (sometimes) ended up doing mathematics? An investigation of the incentives and norms of a distinct mathematical practice.  (pages 47--75)Jens Høyrup
Representations as means and ends: Representability and habituation in mathematical analysis during the first part of the nineteenth century.  (pages 114--137)Henrik Kragh Sã¸Rensen
Nineteenth century analysis as philosophy of mathematics.  (pages 138)Jeremy Gray
Dedekind, structural reasoning, and mathematical understanding.  (pages 150--173)Erich H. Reck
A mathematician and a philosopher on the science-likeness of mathematics: Klein's and lakatos'methodologies compared.  (pages 174)Eduard Glas
The serpent in Russell's paradise.  (pages 207)Ronny Desmet

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