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Mathematical knowledge

Leng, Mary(Edited by)Paseau, Alexander(Edited by)Potter, Michael(Edited by)
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What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? Is it anything like scientific knowledge or is it sui generis?

How do we acquire it? Should we believe what mathematicians themselves tell us about it?

Are mathematical concepts innate or acquired? Eight new essays offer answers to these and many other questions.

Written by some of the world's leading philosophers of mathematics, psychologists, and mathematicians, Mathematical Knowledge gives a lively senseof the current state of debate in this fascinating field.

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Product Details
Oxford University Press
0191527890 / 9780191527890
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
510.1
15/11/2007
England
English
188 pages
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