New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics (Revised and Expanded Edition)
Tymoczko, Thomas, Editor / Contributors (besides Editor): Reuben HIrsch, Imre Lakatos, Hilary Putnam, Rene Thom, Nicholas D. Goodman, George Polya, Hao Wang, Philip J. Davis, Raymond L. Wilder, Judith V. Grabiner, Philip Kitcher, Richard A. Demillo, Richard J. Lipton, Alan J. Perlis, Gregory Chaitin, Michael D. Resnik, William P. Thurston, Penelope Maddy
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998
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436pp., xvii. Originally published by Birkhauser, Boston in 1986; this copy, Stated: "First Princeton Paperback printing 1998" with '2' in number line. Afterword, pp. 385-398; Bibliography, pp. 399-409; Supplemental Bibliography of Recent Work [by Jesus Alcolea-Banegas], pp. 411-436. Glossy golden-yellow wraps with three thin black title boxes for parts of title lettering in white over black, from upper middle to lower middle front cover, just above fourth black box for editor name lettering in white over black. Tiny bit of surface cellophane peeled at rear cover lower left corner (Now re-glued), else flawless. UNREAD. (No previous owner names; NO remainder marks).
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- Title
- New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics (Revised and Expanded Edition)
- Author
- Tymoczko, Thomas, Editor / Contributors (besides Editor): Reuben HIrsch, Imre Lakatos, Hilary Putnam, Rene Thom, Nicholas D. Goodman, George Polya, Hao Wang, Philip J. Davis, Raymond L. Wilder, Judith V. Grabiner, Philip Kitcher, Richard A. Demillo, Richard J. Lipton, Alan J. Perlis, Gregory Chaitin, Michael D. Resnik, William P. Thurston, Penelope Maddy
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691034982
- ISBN 13
- 9780691034980
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
The traditional debate among philosophers of mathematics is whether there is an external mathematical reality, something out there to be discovered, or whether mathematics is the product of the human mind. This provocative book, now available in a revised and expanded paperback edition, goes beyond foundationalist questions to offer what has been called a "postmodern" assessment of the philosophy of mathematics--one that addresses issues of theoretical importance in terms of mathematical experience. By bringing together essays of leading philosophers, mathematicians, logicians, and computer scientists, Thomas Tymoczko reveals an evolving effort to account for the nature of mathematics in relation to other human activities. These accounts include such topics as the history of mathematics as a field of study, predictions about how computers will influence the future organization of mathematics, and what processes a proof undergoes before it reaches publishable form.
This expanded edition now contains essays by Penelope Maddy, Michael D. Resnik, and William P. Thurston that address the nature of mathematical proofs. The editor has provided a new afterword and a supplemental bibliography of recent work.
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