Meaning in mathematics

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New York: Oxford University Press (2011)
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This book is intended to fill a gap between popular 'wonders of mathematics' books and the technical writings of the philosophers of mathematics.

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QA8.4.M43 2011

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9780199605057   019960505X
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Chapters

Creation and Discovery in Mathematics.Mary Leng
Exploring the Mathematical Library of Babel.Marcus du Sautoy
Getting More out of Mathematics than What We Put In.Mark Steiner
Mathematical Understanding.Peter Lipton
Mathematics and Objectivity.Stewart Shapiro
Mathematics, the Mind, and the Physical World.Roger Penrose
The Reality of Mathematical Objects.Gideon Rosen
Is mathematics discovered or invented?  (pages 3--12)Timothy Gowers
Mathematical reality‖.  (pages 27--34)J. Polkinghorne

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