Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice

Roi Wagner

Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
21 March 2017
Pages
256
ISBN
9780691171715

Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice

Roi Wagner

In line with the emerging field of philosophy of mathematical practice, this book pushes the philosophy of mathematics away from questions about the reality and truth of mathematical entities and statements and toward a focus on what mathematicians actually do–and how that evolves and changes over time. How do new mathematical entities come to be?

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