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What Is Mathematics Really
What Is Mathematics Really
Author: Reuben Hersh
Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context. Hersh pulls the screen back to reveal mathematics as seen by...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780224044172
ISBN-10: 0224044176
Publication Date: 9/4/1997
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Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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