Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
By (Author) Roi Wagner
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
21st March 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of mathematics
Philosophy of science
History of science
510.1
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
595g
Description
In line with the emerging field of philosophy of mathematical practice, this book pushes the philosophy of mathematics away from questions about the reality and truth of mathematical entities and statements and toward a focus on what mathematicians actually do--and how that evolves and changes over time. How do new mathematical entities come to be
Reviews
"[Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense] offers a substantial and interesting treatment of issues in the philosophy of mathematical practice."--Calvin Jongsma, MAA Reviews
Author Bio
Roi Wagner is a research fellow at the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University, where he earned PhDs in both mathematics and the history and philosophy of science. He is the author of S(Zp,Zp): Post-Structural Readings of Godel's Proof and a coeditor of Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa (Princeton).
