18 unconventional essays

R euben H ersh , ed. New York: Springer, R euben H ersh , Introduction, pp. San Francisco: Holden-Day Bari: Laterza W illiam P.

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Advance praise for 18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics: "I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book does not treat mathematics as. 18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics. Edited by Reuben Hersh. Springer, New. York, , xxi + pp., ISBN , $

Reuben Hersh is a kind of agent provocateur , probing and poking at mathematicians, provoking them to think more broadly about what they do when they do mathematics. This book comes from the Internet. Browsing the Web, I stumbled on philosophers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, computer scientists, even mathematicians! And many of these people had probably never heard of each other! So I have collected them here.

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Most readers will be informed, some will be infuriated, but all will be stimulated. This startling new collection of essays edited by Reuben Hersh contains frank facts and opinions from leading mathematicians, philosophers, sociologists, cognitive scientists, and even an anthropologist. Each essay provides a challenging and thought-provoking look at recent advances in the philosophy of mathematics, demonstrating the possibilities of thinking fresh, sticking close to actual practice, and fearlessly letting go of standard shibboleths.

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Browsing the Web, I stumbled on philosophers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, computer scientists, even mathematicians! And many of these people had probably never heard of each other! So I have collected them here. I also bring back a few provocative oldies that deserve publicity. The authors are philosophers, mathematicians, a cognitive scientist, an anthropologist, a computer scientist, and a couple of sociologists. Among the mathematicians are two Fields Prize winners and two Steele Prize w- ners. None are historians, I regret to say, but there are two historically o- ented articles. The standard for admission was: Nothing boring! Nothing trite, nothing tr- ial!

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Collection of the most interesting recent writings on the philosophy of mathematics written by highly respected researchers from philosophy, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Interdisciplinary book that will be useful in several fields—with a cross-disciplinary subject area, and contributions from researchers of various disciplines.

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Most readers will be informed, some will be infuriated, but all will be stimulated. This startling new collection of essays edited by Reuben Hersh contains frank facts and opinions from leading mathematicians, philosophers, sociologists, cognitive scientists, and even an anthropologist. Each essay provides a challenging and thought-provoking look at recent advances in the philosophy of mathematics, demonstrating the possibilities of thinking fresh, sticking close to actual practice, and fearlessly letting go of standard shibboleths. Hersh is the author with Philip J. It is … about the philosophy of mathematics, but perhaps more about the human practice of mathematics. Satzer, MathDL, January, I predict that this book will become a classic for the coming generations of mathematics philosophers as well as for mathematics educators interested in changing dominant conceptions of what is mathematics, finally! I also recommend it to educators interested in changing the dominant view of math and how to do math.