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Mathematical Knowledge
Edited by Mary Leng, Alexander Paseau, and Michael Potter
236 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-922824-9
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Hardback
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15 November 2007
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£42.00 £21.00
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- Specially written essays on the nature of mathematical knowledge, plus an extensive introduction
- Brings together different perspectives from philosophy, mathematics, and psychology
- Excellent line-up of contributors
What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis? How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it? Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions. Written by some of the world's leading philosophers of mathematics, psychologists, and mathematicians, Mathematical Knowledge gives a lively sense of the current state of debate in this fascinating field.Readership: Advanced students and scholars of philosophy of mathematics; mathematicians and psychologists
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Edited by Mary Leng, University of Liverpool, Alexander Paseau, University of Oxford, and Michael Potter, University of Cambridge Contributors:
Mary Leng, Liverpool University
Michael Potter, Cambridge University
W. T. Gowers, Cambridge University
Alan Baker, Princeton University
Marinella Cappelletti, University College London
Valeria Giardino, University of Rome
Mark Colyvan, University of Sydney
Alexander Paseau, Oxford University
Crispin Wright, St Andrews University
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Mary Leng: Introduction
1: Michael Potter: What is the problem of mathematical knowledge?
2: W. T. Gowers: Mathematics, memory, and mental arithmetic
3: Alan Baker: Is there a problem of induction for mathematics?
4: Marinella Cappelletti and Valeria Giardino: The cognitive basis of mathematical knowledge
5: Mary Leng: What's there to know? A fictionalist account of mathematical knowledge
6: Mark Colyvan: Mathematical recreation versus mathematical knowledge
7: Alexander Paseau: Scientific Platonism
8: Crispin Wright: On quantifying into predicate position: Steps towards a new(trialist) perspective
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