Figures of thought
Subtitle: mathematics and mathematical texts
By: David Reed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Mathematics -- Philosophy.; Mathematics -- History.; Mathematical literature.
Description: Figures of Thought looks at ways in which mathematical works can be read as texts and demonstrates that such readings provide a rich source of philosophical issues relating to mathematics; issues which are directly relevant to working mathematicians and which traditional approaches to the history and philosophy of mathematics have largely ignored.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-181) and index.