Philosophy of mathematics

This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science.

Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory.

An engrossing look at the history and importance of a centuries-old but still unanswered math problemFor centuries, mathematicians the world over have tried, and failed, to solve the zeta-3 problem.

This study reconstructs, analyses and re-evaluates the programme of influential mathematical thinker David Hilbert, presenting it in a different light.

Uniquely, this book traces Descartes'' groundbreaking theory of scientific explanation back to the mathematical demonstrations of Aristotelian mechanics.

This book looks to change our thinking about thinking by looking at communication and cognition, or commognition.

In Mathematical Thought and its Objects, Charles Parsons examines the notion of object.

Computability and Logic is a classic because of its accessibility to students without a mathematical background.

In this 2005 book, logic, mathematical knowledge and objects are explored alongside reason and intuition in the exact sciences.

This 2006 book provides an accessible, yet technically sound treatment of modal logic and its philosophical applications.

In this 2006 volume, Alexander Pruss examines the substantive philosophical issues raised by the Principle of Sufficient Reason.

Volume I of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes'' works into English.

An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth Century.

This volume contains essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics.

This book tells the story of the first computer exploration of Klein''s vision of infinitely repeated reflections, featuring extraordinary images.

Corfield sets out a variety of approaches to new thinking about the philosophy of mathematics.

This innovative study offers stimulating discussions of the relation of conceptual expansion to truth, meaning, reference, ontology and paradox.

Many aspects of research activity in science are opaque to outsiders and this opacity infects how connections are made between science and other disciplines.

Many aspects of research activity in science are opaque to outsiders and this opacity infects how connections are made between science and other disciplines.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1937.

Originally published in 1976.

Originally published in 1976.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1964.

Originally published in 1964.

Originally published in 1980.

Originally published in 1980.

Math and Art: An Introduction to Visual Mathematics explores the potential of mathematics to generate visually appealing objects and reveals some of the beauty of mathematics.

Math and Art: An Introduction to Visual Mathematics explores the potential of mathematics to generate visually appealing objects and reveals some of the beauty of mathematics.

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of scientific theories.

This volume builds on two recent developments in philosophy on the relationship between art and science: the notion of representation and the role of values in theory choice and the development of scientific theories.

Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history.

Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history.

Tessellations: Mathematics, Art and Recreation aims to present a comprehensive introduction to tessellations (tiling) at a level accessible to non-specialists.

X Marks the Spot is written from the point of view of the users of mathematics.

Tessellations: Mathematics, Art and Recreation aims to present a comprehensive introduction to tessellations (tiling) at a level accessible to non-specialists.

X Marks the Spot is written from the point of view of the users of mathematics.

Carl Friedrich Gauss, the "e;foremost of mathematicians,"e; was a land surveyor.

Carl Friedrich Gauss, the "e;foremost of mathematicians,"e; was a land surveyor.

Originally published in 1966 On the Syllogism and Other Logical Writings assembles for the first time the five celebrated memoirs of Augustus De Morgan on the syllogism.

Originally published in 1966 On the Syllogism and Other Logical Writings assembles for the first time the five celebrated memoirs of Augustus De Morgan on the syllogism.

This book provides, for the very first time, a critical edition and an English translation (accompanied by critical notes and technical analyses) of the chapter on spheres (goladhyaya) from Nityananda's Sarvasiddhantaraja, a Sanskrit astronomical text written in seventeenth-century Mughal India.

'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature.

This book examines positions that challenge the Fregean logic-first view.

The Definitive Introduction ToThe Relationship BetweenReligion And Science In The Beginning: Why Did the Big Bang Occur?

A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's storyIn 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today.

An insightful reflection on the mathematical soulWhat do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it?

A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading contemporary scholarsMathematics is one of humanity's most successful yet puzzling endeavors.