Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy

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Beschreibung

This Festschrift contains numerous colorful and eclectic essays from well-known mathematicians, philosophers, logicians, and linguists celebrating the 90th birthday of Reuben Hersh. The essays offer, in part, attempts to answer the following questions set forth by Reuben himself as a focus for this volume:

Can practicing mathematicians, as such, contribute anything to the philosophy of math? Can or should philosophers of math, as such, say anything to practicing mathematicians?

Twenty or fifty years from now, what will be similar, and what will, or could, or should be altogether different: About the philosophy of math? About math education? About math research institutions? About data processing and scientific computing?

The essays also offer glimpses into Reuben¿s fertile mind and his lasting influence on the mathematical community, as well as revealing the diverse roots, obstacles and philosophical dispositions that characterize the working lives of mathematicians.

With contributions from a veritable ¿whös whö list of 20th century luminaries from mathematics and philosophy, as well as from Reuben himself, this volume will appeal to a wide variety of readers from curious undergraduates to prominent mathematicians.

Can practicing mathematicians, as such, contribute anything to the philosophy of math? Can or should philosophers of math, as such, say anything to practicing mathematicians?

Über den Autor

Bharath Sriraman is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Montana

Zusammenfassung

Essays written by eminent 20th century mathematicians and philosophers

Explores the relationship between the philosophy of math and math as practiced

Portrays the humanistic side of mathematics

Looks ahead to what mathematics might look like in the future

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Interview with Reuben Hersh.- Nine decades: A photographic passage .- Pluralism as modeling and as Confusion.- "Now" has an infinitesimal positive duration.- Review of How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically: Exploring the three worlds of mathematics..- Can You Say What Mathematics Is?.- The Exact Sciences and Non-Euclidean Logic.- XENOMATH!.- Cognitive Networks: Brains, Internet and Civilizations.- Reuben Hersh on the Growth of Mathematical Knowledge: Kant, Geometry and Number Theory.- Do Mathematicians have responsibilities?.- School Mathematics and "Real" Mathematics.- What is Mathematics and What Should it Be?.- Humanism about Abstract Objects.- Can something just happen to be true?.- The "Artificial Mathematician" Objection: Exploring the (im)possibility of automating mathematical understanding.- Wittgenstein, Mathematics and the Temporality of Technique.- Gödel's Legacy.- Varieties of Maverick Philosophy of Mathematics.- Does reason evolve? (Does the reasoning in mathematics evolve?).- Mathematical Theories as Models.- Mathematics for makers and mathematics for users.- Case Study in Hersh's Philosophy: Bézout's Theorem.- A gift to teachers.- The Philosophy of Reuben Hersh: a non-technical assessment.- Friends and Former Comrades.- On the nature of mathematical entities.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	x 363 S. 12 s/w Illustr. 8 farbige Illustr. 363 p. 20 illus. 8 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319612300
ISBN-10:	3319612301
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-61230-0
Einband:	Gebunden
Redaktion:	Sriraman, Bharath
Herausgeber:	Bharath Sriraman
Auflage:	1st edition 2017
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	241 x 160 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Bharath Sriraman
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.11.2017
Gewicht:	0,797 kg

Artikel-ID: 110623004