The Space of Mathematics: Philosophical, Epistemological, and Historical Explorations

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Javier Echeverria, Andoni Ibarra, Thomas Mormann
Walter de Gruyter, 25 oct. 2012 - 438 pages
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The Protean Character of Mathematics
3
Categories of Space and of Quantity
14
Structural Analogies Between Mathematical and Empirical Theories
31
Science vs Mathematics
47
Reality Truth and Confirmation in Mathematics Reflections on the Quasiempiricist Programme
60
Tacit Knowledge in Mathematical Theory
79
Structuresimilarity as a Cornerstone of the Philosophy of Mathematics
91
2 Dimensions of Applicability
113
3 Historical Dimensions
203
Are There Revolutions in Mathematics?
205
Observations Problems and Conjectures in Number Theory The History of the Prime Number Theorem
230
Historical Aspects of the Foundations of Error Theory
253
A Structuralist View of Lagranges Algebraic Analysis and the German Combinatorial School
280
Constructivism and Objects of Mathematical Theory
296
From Absolute to Relative Computability And Back
314
The Search for a Discipline of Computer Science
349

Applying Mathematics and the Indispensibility Argument
115
Mathematical Structures and Physical Necessity
132
The Role of Mathematics in Physical Science
141
The Status of Settheoretic Axioms in Empirical Theories
156
Suppes Predicates for Classical Physics
168
Mathematics in Philosophy
192
Information Implementation and Intertheoretic Relations
365
Theories and the Flow of Information
367
Structuralism and Scientific Discovery
379
Towards a Typology of Intertheoretical Relations
403
Index of Names
413
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