Experiencing Mathematics: What Do We Do, When We Do Mathematics? by Reuben Hersh
Experiencing Mathematics: What Do We Do, When We Do Mathematics?

Reuben Hersh

Experiencing Mathematics: What Do We Do, When We Do Mathematics?

Reuben Hersh

291 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics philosophy challenging informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Most mathematicians, when asked about the nature and meaning of mathematics, vacillate between the two unrealistic poles of Platonism and formalism. By looking carefully at what mathematicians really do when they are doing mathematics, Reuben Hers...

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