What is Mathematics, Really? by Reuben Hersh
What is Mathematics, Really?

Reuben Hersh

What is Mathematics, Really?

Reuben Hersh

368 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
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Platonism is the most pervasive philosophy of mathematics. Indeed, it can be argued that an inarticulate, half-conscious Platonism is nearly universal among mathematicians. The basic idea is that mathematical entities exist outside space and time,...

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