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Why Is There Philosophy Of Mathematics At All Ian Hacking

Name: Why Is There Philosophy Of Mathematics At All Ian Hacking
SKU: BELL-50470776
Price: 31.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (98 reviews)

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

File Extension: PDF

File size: 8.61 MB

Pages: 308

Author: Ian Hacking

ISBN: 9781107050174, 1107050170

Language: English

Year: 2014

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Why Is There Philosophy Of Mathematics At All Ian Hacking by Ian Hacking 9781107050174, 1107050170 instant download after payment.

This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes mathematics mathematics?', 'where did proof come from and how did it evolve?', and 'how did the distinction between pure and applied mathematics come into being?' In a wide-ranging discussion that is both immersed in the past and unusually attuned to the competing philosophical ideas of contemporary mathematicians, it shows that proof and other forms of mathematical exploration continue to be living, evolving practices - responsive to new technologies, yet embedded in permanent (and astonishing) facts about human beings. It distinguishes several distinct types of application of mathematics, and shows how each leads to a different philosophical conundrum. Here is a remarkable body of new philosophical thinking about proofs, applications, and other mathematical activities.