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Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics.
Title:
Proof and Knowledge in Mathematics.
Author:
Detlefsen, Michael.
ISBN:
9780203979105
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Contents:
BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- 1 PROOF AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH -- SUMMARY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REFORMULATING THE TRUTH/PROOF PROBLEM -- III. HOW PROOFS ARE USED AND WHERE THE TRUTH/PROOF PROBLEM ARISES -- IV. HOW WORKING PROOFS WORK -- V. CONTACT WITH MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS -- VI. BEYOND DOT PROOFS -- VII. SUMMARY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 2 REFLECTIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF A PRIORI TRUTH AND ITS CORRUPTION BY KANT* -- SUMMARY -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- XII -- XIII -- XIV -- XV -- XVI -- XVII -- XVIII -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3 LOGICISM -- SUMMARY -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4 EMPIRICAL INQUIRY AND PROOF -- SUMMARY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PROOFS AND EXPERIMENTS: THE DISTINCTION -- III. THE PROOF/EXPERIMENT DISTINCTION: SUPPORTING EVIDENCE -- IV. AN ATTACK ON APRIORISM -- V. APRIORISM: WITTGENSTEIN'S DEFENSE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 5 ON THE CONCEPT OF PROOF IN ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY -- SUMMARY -- I. ELEMENTARY SYNTHETIC VERSUS AXIOMATIZED AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY -- II. THE PYTHAGOREAN PROGRAM AND EUDOXUS' PROPORTION THEORY -- III. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARITHMETIZATION OF GEOMETRY -- IV. LOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ABSTRACT ENTITIES -- V. WHAT ARE IDEAL GEOMETRICAL FORMS? -- VI. PLANE SURFACES AND RECTANGULAR SOLIDS -- VII. WHY ARE GEOMETRICAL TRUTHS SYNTHETIC A PRIORI? -- VIII. MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF A BOUNDED ("FINITE") SPACE-TIME -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 6 MATHEMATICAL RIGOR IN PHYSICS -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 7 FOUNDATIONALISM AND FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS* -- SUMMARY -- I. VARIATIONS AND METAPHORS -- II. FOUNDATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGISM -- III. TWO CONCEPTIONS OF LOGIC -- Rationalism -- The semantic conception -- IV. MARRIAGE: CAN THERE BE HARMONY?.

V. DIVORCE: LIFE WITHOUT COMPLETENESS -- Joint custody -- Rationalism denied -- Deductive systems without rationalism -- VI. LOGIC AND COMPUTATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 8 BROUWERIAN INTUITIONISM* -- SUMMARY -- I. PRECIS -- II. POINCARE'S CONCERN -- III. CLASSICAL EPISTEMOLOGY -- IV. BROUWERIAN EPISTEMOLOGY -- V. INTUITIONISTIC LOGIC -- VI. CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
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 formalization plays a significant role in mathematical justification,.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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