1st Edition

Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics

Edited By Michael Detlefsen Copyright 1992
268 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

These questions arise from any attempt to discover an epistemology for mathematics. This collection of essays considers various questions concerning the nature of justification in mathematics and possible sources of that justification. Among these are the question of whether mathematical justification is a priori or a posteriori in character, whether logical and mathematical differ, and if... Read more
Contributors:
Michael Detlefsen, Michael D. Resnik, Stewart Shapiro, Mark Steiner, Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer, Shelley Stillwell, William J. Tait, Steven J. Wagner,

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Michael Detlefsen (Edited by)

'An important and valuable reference for research on the very intricate network of concepts, theories and theses connected with the concept of proof.' - Erkenntnis