Humanizing Mathematics And Its Philosophy: Essays Celebrating The 90th Birthday Of Reuben Hersh
by Bharath Sriraman /
2017 / English / PDF
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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:
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?
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?
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.
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 “who’s who” 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.
With contributions from a veritable “who’s who” 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.