There are four so-called philosophies of mathematics that I regard as totally discredited, formalism, intuitionism, logicism, and Platonism. It is a common feature of the ism philosophies of mathematics that they do not take the application of mathematics very seriously. This paper examines a view of mathematics that takes applications seriously
Abstract—The pursuit of knowledge and the use of reason, based on sense and observation is a key ing...
In this paper, I provide a soft defence of the Platonist conception of mathematics, which posits mat...
Plato, so the story goes, held mathematics in high esteem, and those philosopher-kings that ought to...
Mathematics is a flourishing field of human endeavor, a field that is accorded great respect and hig...
This paper explores how to explain the applicability of classical mathematics to the physical world ...
Philosophical discussion of applied mathematics has tended to focus on a cluster of related ‘problem...
The philosophy of mathematics provides a severe test for a materialist explanation of science. This...
The guiding idea behind formalism is that mathematics is not a body of propositions representing an ...
AbstractSimple mathematics is used effectively by people in all walks of life to assist decision-mak...
Lenhard J, Otte M. The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem. Mathematization as E...
This research took an interpretive approach to investigate professional mathematicians' conception o...
The article takes up the problem of the possibility and usefulness of philosophy of mathematics for ...
In this paper we are concerned with the foundations of mathematics. We are discussing the basis of t...
What is applied mathematics? This is a difficult question—one to which there is no simple answer. Th...
In the paper there are presented two proposals of the interpretations of the applications of mathema...
Abstract—The pursuit of knowledge and the use of reason, based on sense and observation is a key ing...
In this paper, I provide a soft defence of the Platonist conception of mathematics, which posits mat...
Plato, so the story goes, held mathematics in high esteem, and those philosopher-kings that ought to...
Mathematics is a flourishing field of human endeavor, a field that is accorded great respect and hig...
This paper explores how to explain the applicability of classical mathematics to the physical world ...
Philosophical discussion of applied mathematics has tended to focus on a cluster of related ‘problem...
The philosophy of mathematics provides a severe test for a materialist explanation of science. This...
The guiding idea behind formalism is that mathematics is not a body of propositions representing an ...
AbstractSimple mathematics is used effectively by people in all walks of life to assist decision-mak...
Lenhard J, Otte M. The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem. Mathematization as E...
This research took an interpretive approach to investigate professional mathematicians' conception o...
The article takes up the problem of the possibility and usefulness of philosophy of mathematics for ...
In this paper we are concerned with the foundations of mathematics. We are discussing the basis of t...
What is applied mathematics? This is a difficult question—one to which there is no simple answer. Th...
In the paper there are presented two proposals of the interpretations of the applications of mathema...
Abstract—The pursuit of knowledge and the use of reason, based on sense and observation is a key ing...
In this paper, I provide a soft defence of the Platonist conception of mathematics, which posits mat...
Plato, so the story goes, held mathematics in high esteem, and those philosopher-kings that ought to...