02824nam 2200601Ia 450 991045822150332120200520144314.01-281-15014-297866111501430-19-152789-0(CKB)1000000000398972(EBL)415526(OCoLC)225126082(SSID)ssj0000199099(PQKBManifestationID)11188035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199099(PQKBWorkID)10189861(PQKB)11589232(MiAaPQ)EBC415526(Au-PeEL)EBL415526(CaPaEBR)ebr10211968(CaONFJC)MIL115014(EXLCZ)99100000000039897220070703d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMathematical knowledge[electronic resource] /edited by Mary Leng, Alexander Paseau and Michael PotterOxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (199 p.)"Stems from a conference on Mathematical Knowledge, held in Cambridge from 30 June to 2 July 2004"--Pref.0-19-922824-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index.Preface; List of contributors; Contents; Contents; Introduction; What is the problem of mathematical knowledge?; Mathematics, Memory, and Mental Arithmetic; Is there a problem of induction for mathematics?; The cognitive basis of mathematical knowledge; What's there to know?; Mathematical recreation versus mathematical knowledge; Scientific Platonism; On quantifying into predicate position; Bibliography; IndexWhat 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. - ;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 andMathematicsPhilosophyCongressesPhilosophyElectronic books.MathematicsPhilosophyPhilosophy.510.1Leng Mary968871Paseau Alexander968872Potter Michael D59732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458221503321Mathematical knowledge2201038UNINA