Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Mathematics: A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures, (Paperback)

from mschaefer

A rather unusual account of the foundations of mathematics; Brown covers all of the traditional schools (platonism, logicism, formalism, constructivism, intuitionism), but stands out by taking a stand for a modified form of platonism that's quite attractive. One of his concerns is the status of d...

from aront

Fantastic book. Fascinating questions are raised and addressed, in an easy to read and convincing style. If the topic interests you, this is a good place to start.

from freetrader

A nice read and rather in line with some of the stuff i lately read about it. Brown argues for a more experimental view of mathematics, where mathematicians are not the people rigorously proofing everything, but the ones who contribute to our understanding of mathematics. Pictures, conjectures, i...

from mschaefer

A rather unusual account of the foundations of mathematics; Brown covers all of the traditional schools (platonism, logicism, formalism, constructivism, intuitionism), but stands out by taking a stand for a modified form of platonism that's quite attractive. One of his concerns is the status of d...

from aront

Fantastic book. Fascinating questions are raised and addressed, in an easy to read and convincing style. If the topic interests you, this is a good place to start.