Mathematics: Essential tensions [Book Review]

Foundations of Science 2 (1):11-19 (1997)
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The vivacity of mathematics results (partly) from the fact that mathematics is stretched between several poles, not being committed to any one. The paper presents the following polarities: realism - idealism, the finite - the infinite, the discrete - the continuous, the approximate - the exact, certitute - probability, simplicity - complexity, unity - multiplicity.

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10.1023/a:1009654622666

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