| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 386 pages) |
| Series |
Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 11 |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Preface; An Opinionated Introduction; I: Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics; II: Reinterpretations in the History of Mathematics; III: Case Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics; IV: The Social Context of Modern Mathematics; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The fourteen essays in this volume build on the pioneering effort of Garrett Birkhoff, professor of mathematics at Harvard University, who in 1974 organized a conference of mathematicians and historians of modern mathematics to examine how the two disciplines approach the history of mathematics. In History and Philosophy of Modern Mat |
| Notes |
"The volume is the outgrowth of a conference held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 17-19 May 1985"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-366) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- History -- Congresses
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Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Congresses
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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Mathematics.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aspray, William
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Kitcher, Philip, 1947-
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| LC no. |
86030884 |
| ISBN |
9780816653058 |
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0816653054 |
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