New perspectives on mathematical practices [[electronic resource] ] : essays in philosophy and history of mathematics : Brussels, Belgium, 26-28 March 2007 / / edited by Bart van Kerkhove

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 510.1
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - Philosophy; Mathematics - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KerkhoveBart van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Editorial Preface; CONTENTS; On the Nature and Origin of Algebraic Symbolism Albrecht Hee er; Reading Diophantos Ad Meskens; What Did the Abbacus Teachers Aim at When They (Sometimes) Ended up Doing Mathematics? An Investigation of the Incentives and Norms of a Distinct Mathematical Practice Jens Høyrup; Philosophical Method and Galileo's Paradox of Infinity Matthew Parker; Representations as Means and Ends: Representability and Habituation in Mathematical Analysis During the First Part of the Nineteenth Century Henrik Kragh Sørensen ; Nineteenth Century Analysis as Philosophy of Mathematics Jeremy J. GrayDedekind, Structural Reasoning, and Mathematical Understanding Erich H. Reck; A Mathematician and a Philosopher on the Science-Likeness of Mathematics: Klein's and Lakatos' Methodologies Compared Eduard Glas; An Enhanced Argument for Innate Elementary Geometric Knowledge and Its Philosophical Implications Helen De Cruz; The Serpent in Russell's Paradise Ronny Desmet; Bridging Theories with Axioms: Boole, Stone, and Tarski Dirk Schlimm
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume focuses on the importance of historical enquiry for the appreciation of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. It contains a well-balanced mixture of contributions by internationally established experts, such as Jeremy Gray and Jens Hoyrup; upcoming scholars, such as Erich Reck and Dirk Schlimm; and young, promising researchers at the beginning of their careers. The book is situated within a relatively new and broadly naturalistic tradition in the philosophy of mathematics. In this alternative philosophical current, which has been dramatically growing in importance in the l
• Titolo autorizzato: New perspectives on mathematical practices
• ISBN: 1-282-44097-7; 9786612440977; 981-281-223-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456706203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II