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18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

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    Chapter 1 A Socratic Dialogue on Mathematics
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    Chapter 2 “Introduction” to Filosofia e matematica
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    Chapter 3 On Proof and Progress in Mathematics
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    Chapter 4 The Informal Logic of Mathematical Proof
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    Chapter 5 Philosophical Problems of Mathematics in the Light of Evolutionary Epistemology
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    Chapter 6 Towards a Semiotics of Mathematics
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    Chapter 7 Computers and the Sociology of Mathematical Proof
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    Chapter 8 From G.H.H. and Littlewood to XML and Maple: Changing Needs and Expectations in Mathematical Knowledge Management
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    Chapter 9 Do Real Numbers Really Move? Language, Thought, and Gesture: The Embodied Cognitive Foundations of Mathematics
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    Chapter 10 Does Mathematics Need a Philosophy?
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    Chapter 11 How and Why Mathematics Is Unique as a Social Practice
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    Chapter 12 The Pernicious Influence of Mathematics upon Philosophy
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    Chapter 13 The Pernicious Influence of Mathematics on Science
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    Chapter 14 What Is Philosophy of Mathematics Looking for?
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    Chapter 15 Concepts and the Mangle of Practice Constructing Quaternions
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    Chapter 16 Mathematics as Objective Knowledge and as Human Practice
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    Chapter 17 The Locus of Mathematical Reality: An Anthropological Footnote
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    Chapter 18 Inner Vision, Outer Truth
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Title
18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics
Published by
Springer, January 2006
DOI 10.1007/0-387-29831-2
ISBNs
978-0-387-25717-4, 978-0-387-29831-3
Editors

Hersh, Reuben, Hersh, Reuben

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Hungary 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
Lithuania 1 2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2%
Denmark 1 2%
Korea, Republic of 1 2%
Greece 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 39 81%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 23%
Researcher 9 19%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 15%
Student > Master 4 8%
Other 3 6%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 7 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 12 25%
Mathematics 7 15%
Computer Science 6 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 6%
Philosophy 3 6%
Other 12 25%
Unknown 5 10%