Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics

Michael Detlefsen [ed]

ISBN 10: 0415068053 ISBN 13: 9780415068055

Published by Routledge, 1992

Language: English

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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics

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Routledge

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0415068053

ISBN 13

9780415068055

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Hardcover

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Very Good

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Very Good

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These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,

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