John W. Dawson, Jr. Why Prove it Again: Alternative Proofs in Mathematical Practice

Philosophia Mathematica 24 (2):256-263 (2016)
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Wittgenstein on the Foundations of Mathematics.Crispin Wright - 1980 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Wittgenstein on the Foundations of Mathematics. [REVIEW]Mark Steiner - 1980 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 49 (4):1415-1417.

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