Proof and Other Dilemmas: Mathematics and Philosophy

by Roger Simons and Bonnie Gold

For the majority of the twentieth century, philosophers of mathematics focused their attention on foundational questions. However, in the last quarter of the century they began to return to basics, and two new schools of thought were created: social constructivism and structuralism. The advent of the computer also led to proofs and development of mathematics assisted by computer, and to questions concerning the role of the computer in mathematics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883855674
• ISBN13: 9780883855676
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.