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This 'state-of-the-art' collection of essays presents some of the best contemporary research into the dynamical processes underlying the formation, maintenance, metamorphosis and dissolution of norms. The volume combines formal modelling with more traditional analysis.
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This is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English. Also... Læs mere
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Computation, calculation, algorithms - all have played an important role in mathematical progress from the beginning - but behind the scenes, their... Læs mere
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In Mathematical Thought and its Objects, Charles Parsons examines the notion of object, with the aim to navigate between nominalism, denying that distinctively mathematical objects exist, and forms of Platonism that postulate a transcendent realm of such objects.
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Phenomenology, Logic, and the Philosophy of Mathematics, first published in 2005, is about logic, mathematical knowledge and mathematical objects.... Læs mere
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The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge presents the philosophical ideas underlying David Hilbert's foundational program in a new light.... Læs mere
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Edmund Husserl discusses the question of whether the world is of our making or whether some form of realism is true. In this book Robert Tragesser sets out... Læs mere
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This volume deals with the philosophy of mathematics and of science and the nature of philosophical and scientific enquiry; the second deals... Læs mere
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The present collection brings together in a convenient form the seminal articles in the philosophy of mathematics by these and other major thinkers. It is a... Læs mere
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Decision theory and the theory of rational choice have recently been the subjects of considerable research by philosophers and economists. However, no... Læs mere
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In this study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity, - arithmetic problem-solving - out of the laboratory and into the domain of everyday life. The study is focused on mundane daily activities, such as grocery shopping, dieting, and so on.
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This book examines the development of calculus in Britain during the century following Newton. It shows that the methods used by researchers of the period yielded considerable success in laying the foundations and investigating the applications of the calculus.